قان

See also: فان

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق ي ن (q-y-n), or Template:ar-denominal verb of قَيْن (qayn, “smith”), an ur-Semitic noun.

Verb

1. to forge, to smith; to assemble, to arrange, to get together into order

Etymology 2

Noun

قَان • (qān) m

1. alternative form of خَان (ḵān, “khan”)

Declension

Declension of noun قَان (qān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَان qān	الْقَان al-qān	قَان qān
Nominative	قَانٌ qānun	الْقَانُ al-qānu	قَانُ qānu
Accusative	قَانًا qānan	الْقَانَ al-qāna	قَانَ qāna
Genitive	قَانٍ qānin	الْقَانِ al-qāni	قَانِ qāni

Declension of noun قَان (qān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	قَان qān	—
Nominative	—	قَانُ qānu	—
Accusative	—	قَانَ qāna	—
Genitive	—	قَانَ qāna	—

Etymology 3

Derived from the active participle of قَنَا (qanā, “to reach out to, to acquire”).

Noun

قانٍ • (qānin) m (plural قَانِيَة (qāniya))

1. appropriator, owner

Declension

Declension of noun قانٍ (qānin)

Singular	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قانِي qānī	الْقانِي al-qānī	قانِي qānī
Nominative	قانٍ qānin	الْقانِي al-qānī	قانِي qānī
Accusative	قانِيًا qāniyan	الْقانِيَ al-qāniya	قانِيَ qāniya
Genitive	قانٍ qānin	الْقانِي al-qānī	قانِي qānī
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قانِيَيْن qāniyayn	الْقانِيَيْن al-qāniyayn	قانِيَيْ qāniyay
Nominative	قانِيَانِ qāniyāni	الْقانِيَانِ al-qāniyāni	قانِيَا qāniyā
Accusative	قانِيَيْنِ qāniyayni	الْقانِيَيْنِ al-qāniyayni	قانِيَيْ qāniyay
Genitive	قانِيَيْنِ qāniyayni	الْقانِيَيْنِ al-qāniyayni	قانِيَيْ qāniyay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَانِيَة qāniya	الْقَانِيَة al-qāniya	قَانِيَة qāniyat
Nominative	قَانِيَةٌ qāniyatun	الْقَانِيَةُ al-qāniyatu	قَانِيَةُ qāniyatu
Accusative	قَانِيَةً qāniyatan	الْقَانِيَةَ al-qāniyata	قَانِيَةَ qāniyata
Genitive	قَانِيَةٍ qāniyatin	الْقَانِيَةِ al-qāniyati	قَانِيَةِ qāniyati

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		ган
Abjad		قان

Noun

قان (countable and uncountable, definite accusative قانی)

1. Arabic spelling of qan (“blood”)

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Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).

Noun

قان (qan)

1. blood

Descendants

• Uyghur: قان (qan) / қан (qan)
• Uzbek: qon

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Kipchak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).

Noun

قان (kan)

1. blood

Derived terms

• قان آلچی (kan alçı, “lancet”)

Descendants

• North Kipchak
  • Bashkir: ҡан (qan)
  • Tatar: кан (qan)
• West Kipchak
  • Crimean Tatar: qan
  • Karachay-Balkar: къан (qan)
  • Karaim: кан
  • Kumyk: къан (qan)
• Central Kipchak
  • Karakalpak: qan
  • Kazakh: қан (qan)
  • Nogai: кан (kan)
• East Kipchak
  • Kyrgyz: кан (kan)
  • Southern Altai: кан (kan)

References

• Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎^[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 86
• Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎^[2], Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 21 (٢١) line 18

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).

Noun

قان • (kan)

1. blood

Descendants

• Turkish: kan

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Uyghur

Alternative forms

• қан (qan) — Cyrillic

Etymology

From Chagatai قان (qan), from Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).

Noun

قان • (qan) (plural قانلار (qanlar))

1. blood