אן

See also: אַן, אָן, and Appendix:Variations of "an"

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛn/

Conjunction

אן • (transliteration needed)

1. if

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Hebrew

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אָוֶן (āwen), from Egyptian jwnw (“Heliopolis”)

Proper noun

אֹן‏ • (on)

1. Heliopolis

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Judeo-Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَنْ (ʔan).

Conjunction

אן • (ʾan)

1. to
   • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[1], Genesis 1:3:

     ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃

     wašāʾa llāhu ʾan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.

     And God willed there to be light, and then there was light.

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَنَّ (ʔanna).

Conjunction

אן • (ʾanna)

1. that

Etymology 3

From Arabic إِنْ (ʔin), from Proto-Semitic *šim.

Conjunction

אן • (ʾin)

1. if

Etymology 4

From Arabic إِنَّ (ʔinna).

Particle

אן • (ʾinna)

1. indeed
   • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[2], Exodus 10:1:

     תׄם קאל אללה למוסי אדכׄל אלי פרעון פאני קד קוית קלבה וקלב קואדה לכי אחל אפאתי הדׄה בהם׃

     ṯumma qāla llāhu limūsā dḵul ʾilā firʿawna faʾinnī qad qawwaytu qalbahu waqalba quwwādihi likay ʾuḥilla ʾāfātī hāḏihi bahum.

     Then God said to Moses: Come to Pharaoh for [indeed] I have just strengthened his heart and the heart of his commanders so that I might set upon them these my plagues.

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Yiddish

Determiner

אן • (an)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַן (an).

Preposition

אן • (on)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אָן (on).