כאן

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Hebrew

Etymology

From כְּ־ + אָן (“where”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

כָּאן • (kán)

  1. Here, at this place.

Usage notes

  • The adjective use is essentially a special case of the adverb use; hence, the adjective does not change form to agree with its subject.

Adverb

כָּאן • (kán)

  1. Here, at this place.

Usage notes

  • Unlike English, Hebrew draws an obligatory distinction between “[at] here” and “[to] here”. כאן is the former; לכאן (l'khán) is the latter.

Noun

כָּאן • (kán) ?

  1. Here, this place.

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

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Verb

כאן • (kāna) (impf. יכון, yakūnu)

  1. to be
    • 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.
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