ان

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

Afrikaans

Conjunction

ان (ən)

  1. Arabic spelling of en, alternative form of اَِنْ

Arabic

Suffix

ـَان (-ān)

  1. Suffix used in forming intensive adjectives of the pattern فَعْلَان (faʿlān), e.g. تَعْبَان (taʿbān, tired), عَطْشَان (ʿaṭšān, thirsty), غَضْبَان (ḡaḍbān, angry), زَعْلَان (zaʿlān, annoyed), كَسْلَان (kaslān, lazy), نَعْسَان (naʿsān). These adjectives generally have a feminine in َـى (), e.g. عَطْشَى (ʿaṭšā), كَسْلَى (kaslā), نَعْسَى (naʿsā).

Interfix

َـانـ (-ān-)

  1. Interfix used in forming nisba (relative) adjectives, inserted between the base noun and the ending ـِيّ (-iyy), e.g. أَنَانِيّ (ʾanāniyy, selfish), based on أَنَا (ʾanā) or عَلْمَانِيّ (ʿalmāniyy, worldly, secular), based on عَالَم (ʿālam, world).

Suffix

ـَانِ (-āni)

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

Kalami

Noun

ان (an) m

  1. egg

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭 (-ān). Compare Pashto ـونه (-ona).

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

Noun

ان (an)

  1. (vulgar) Alternative spelling of عن.

Noun

ان (en)

  1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter n in English and other European languages.
Derived terms

Torwali

Etymology

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

Adjective

ان (an)

  1. blind
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