امکان

See also: امڪان, امكان, and إمكان

Gojri

Etymology

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Arabic أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana)der.

Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān)bor.

Classical Persian اِمْکَان (imkān)bor.

Gojri اِمْکان

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمْکَان (imkān), borrowed from Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān), from أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana).

Noun

اِمْکان (imkān) m

1. possibility, likelihood

Further reading

More information

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔim.ˈkaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.kʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.kʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.kʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔim.kʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔem.kʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔim.kʰɔ́n]

• Rhymes: -aːn

Readings
Classical reading?	imkān
Dari reading?	imkān
Iranian reading?	emkân
Tajik reading?	imkon

Noun

Dari	امکان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	имкон

امکان • (imkān / emkân) (plural امکانات (imkānāt / emkânât), or امکان‌ها (imkān-hā / emkân-hâ), Tajik spelling имкон)

1. possibility
   • 2024 April 30, “یک سند محرمانه از تعرض جنسی به نیکا شاکرمی و جزئیات قتل او به دست نیروهای امنیتی ایران پرده برداشت”, in bbc.com/persian‎^[1], BBC Persian:

     مجموع اسناد این امکان را به بی‌بی‌سی داده است تا آنچه را که بر نیکا شاکرمی، ۱۶ ساله، از زمان بازداشت تا ناپدید شدن او گذشت بازسازی کند.

     majmu'-e asnâd in emkân râ be bi-bi-si dâde ast tâ ânče râ ke bar nikâ šâkarâmi, 19 sâle, az zamân-e bâzdâšt tâ nâpadid šodan-e u gozašt bâzsâzi konad.

     The collection of documents gave BBC the opportunity to reconstruct what Nika Shakarami, aged 19, had gone through from the time of her arrest until her disappearance.

   • 2024 May 14, “چگونه صدها کودک افغان در منطقه‌ای آموزش می‌بینند که زمانی هدف «مادر بمب‌ها» بود؟”, in bbc.com/persian‎^[2], BBC Persian:

     جنگ کودکان زیادی را در این ولسوالی یتیم گذاشته است که در کنار سایر مشکلات از امکانات رفتن به مدرسه محروم شده‌اند.

     jang kudakân-e ziyâdi râ dar in volosvâli yatim gozâšte ast ke dar kenâr-e sâyer-e moškelât az emkânât-e raftan be madrese mahrum šode'and.

     The war orphaned many children in this district who were, besides all the other problems, deprived of any possibility of going to school.

Derived terms

• امکان‌پذیر (imkān-pazīr / emkân-pazir)

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root م ك ن (0 c, 2 e)

Descendants

• → Gojri: اِمْکان (imkān)
• → Kashmiri: اِمکان (imkān)
• → Middle Hindi: امکان (amkan /⁠imkān⁠/)
  • Hindustani: imkān

    Hindi: इमकान

    Urdu: اِمْکان

• → Punjabi: īmkān

  Gurmukhi script: ਇਮਕਾਨ (imakān)

  Shahmukhi script: اِمْکان (īmkān)

• → Saraiki:

  Multani script: 𑊁𑊠𑊄𑊚 (imkn /⁠īmkān⁠/)

  Shahmukhi script: اِمْکان (īmkān)

• → Sindhi: imkānu

  Arabic script: اِمْڪانُ (imkānu)

  Devanagari script: इम्कानु

  Khudabadi script: 𑊲𑋗𑋪𑊺𑋠𑋑𑋣

• → Uyghur: ئىمكان (imkan)
• → Uzbek: imkon

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “امکان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 145
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “امكان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 100

Punjabi

Etymology

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Arabic أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana)der.

Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān)bor.

Classical Persian اِمْکَان (imkān)bor.

Punjabi اِمْکان

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمْکَان (imkān), borrowed from Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān), from أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana).

Noun

اِمْکان • (īmkān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਇਮਕਾਨ)

1. possibility, likelihood

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “اِمکان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz], page 146
• “ਇਮਕਾਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Saraiki

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana)der.

Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān)bor.

Classical Persian اِمْکَان (imkān)bor.

Saraiki اِمْکان

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمْکَان (imkān), borrowed from Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān), from أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana).

Noun

اِمْکان (īmkān) m (Multani 𑊁𑊠𑊄𑊚)

1. possibility, likelihood

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana)der.

Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān)bor.

Classical Persian اِمْکَان (imkān)bor.

Urdu اِمْکان

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمْکَان (imkān), borrowed from Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān), from أَمْكَنَ (ʔamkana). First attested in 1708 as Middle Hindi امکان (amkan /⁠imkān⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪm.kɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: اِم‧کان

Noun

اِمْکان • (imkān) m (formal plural اِمْکانات (imkānāt), Hindi spelling इमकान)

1. possibility, probability
2. means, courage
3. control
4. contingent existence
5. this world, existence

Declension

Declension of امکان

	singular	plural
direct	اِمْکان (imkān)	اِمْکان (imkān)
oblique	اِمْکان (imkān)	اِمْکانوں (imkānõ)
vocative	اِمْکان (imkān)	اِمْکانو (imkāno)

Derived terms

• اِمْکانِی (imkānī)

References

More information

Further reading

• “امکان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “امکان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 74