کان

See also: كان, گان, and كأن

Kalkoti

Noun

کان (kān)

ear

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit काण्ड (kāṇḍa).

Noun

کان (kan)

tree

References

Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022) “کان”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio‎^[1], second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 2023-01-19.

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kān
Dari reading^?	kān
Iranian reading^?	kân
Tajik reading^?	kon

Noun

کان • (kân) (plural کان‌ها (kân-hâ))

mine
Synonym: معدن (ma'dan)
(figurative) source; treasure

Descendants

→ Kazakh: кен (ken)
→ Kyrgyz: кен (ken)
→ Uyghur: كان (kan)

Sindhi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʰɑn]

Postposition

کان • (khān) (Devanagari खां)

from, by, out of

Urdu

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:

کان

کان

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Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖜 (kaṇṇa), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa), from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa). Cognate with Punjabi کَنّ (kann).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑːn/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

کان • (kān) m (Hindi spelling कान)

(anatomy) ear

Declension

Declension of **کان**
	singular	plural
direct	کان (kān)	کان (kān)
oblique	کان (kān)	کانوں (kānõ)
vocative	کان (kān)	کانو (kāno)

References

“کان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“کان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.