ان

See also: آن, أن, إن, اَِنْ, -ان, and ان-

Afrikaans

Conjunction

1. Arabic spelling of en, alternative form of اَِنْ

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Arabic

Suffix

ـَان • (-ān)

1. Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان (faʕlān), e.g. تَعْبَان (taʕbān, “tired”), عَطْشَان (ʕaṭšān, “thirsty”), غَضْبَان (ḡaḍbān, “angry”), زَعْلَان (zaʕlān, “annoyed”), كَسْلَان (kaslān, “lazy”), نَعْسَان (naʕsān). These adjectives generally have a feminine in َـى (-ā), e.g. عَطْشَى (ʕaṭšā), كَسْلَى (kaslā), نَعْسَى (naʕsā).

Interfix

َـانـ • (-ān-)

1. Interfix used in forming nisba (relative) adjectives, inserted between the base noun and the ending ـِيّ (-iyy), e.g. أَنَانِيّ (ʔanāniyy, “selfish”), based on أَنَا (ʔanā) or عَلْمَانِيّ (ʕalmāniyy, “worldly, secular”), based on عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).

Derived terms

Arabic terms interfixed with ان

Suffix

ـَانِ • (-āni)

1. Suffix added to a noun or adjective to form the nominative dual form.

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Kalami

Noun

ان (an) m

1. egg

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Persian

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭 (-ān). Compare Pashto ـونه (-ona).

Pronunciation

Suffix

ـان • (-ân)

1. A suffix forming the plural of animate nouns, with some exceptions. Becomes گان (-gân) after a silent ه (h), یان after و or ا.

Usage notes

Used mainly in writing.

Synonyms

• ها (-hâ)

Etymology 2

Noun

ان • (an)

1. (vulgar) Alternative spelling of عن.

Etymology 3

Noun

ان • (en)

1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter n in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English and other European languages.

Derived terms

• دی‌ان‌ای (di-en-ey)

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Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्ध (andha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *andʰás.

Adjective

ان (an)

1. blind