کنعان

See also: كنعان and ڪنعان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَنْعَان (kanʕān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kan.ˈʔɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰän.ʔɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰän.ʔɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.nɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.nɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæn.ʔɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰän.ʔɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	kan'ān
Dari reading?	kan'ān
Iranian reading?	kan'ân
Tajik reading?	kanʾon

Proper noun

Dari	کنعان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Канъон

کنعان • (kan'ân)

1. Canaan
   • 14th-century, Hafez, "From Canaan Joseph Shall Return", Divan-e Hafez

     یوسف گمگشته بازآید به کنعان غم مخور
     کلبهٔ احزان شود روزی گلستان غم مخور

     Yusof-e gomgašte bâz-âyad be Kan'ân, ğam maxor
     kolbe-ye ahzân šavad ruzi golestân, ğam maxor

     Joseph (i.e. The son of the Jewish patriarch, Jacob), who was a thing lost, returned to Canaan, (therefore) Bury your anxiety.

     The cottage of sorrows becomes the daily bread of the garden, (therefore) Bury your anxiety.

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَنْعَان (kanʕān).

Proper noun

کَنْعان • (kanʻān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਨਾਨ)

1. Canaan

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَنْعَان (kanʕān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kən.(ʔ)ɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

کَنْعان • (kan'ān) m (Hindi spelling कनआन)

1. Canaan