آن

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

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ء ن ي (ʔ n y)
10 terms

Related to هُنَا (hunā, “here, in this place; then, now, at this point”), أَنْ (ʔan, “that, that before us presently”), إِن (ʔin, “if possible; having the possibility to occur or happen, a chance of coming to be before us, of presenting itself”), إِنَّ (ʔinna, “surely; now surely, now indeed”), and أَيْنَ (ʔayna, “where, at which place”). Related cognates with Akkadian 𒀭𒉡 (annu, “now; see, look”), Hebrew אָנָה ('ána, “whither, to where”), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎐 (ản, “where, at which place, to which point”), Classical Syriac ܐܢ (ʾān, “where, at a place; until when, how long”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

آن • (ʔān) m

time
Synonyms: وَقْت (waqt), حِين (ḥīn), أَوَان (ʔawān)

Declension

Declension of noun آن (ʔān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	آن ʔān	الْآن al-ʔān	آن ʔān
nominative	آنٌ ʔānun	الْآنُ al-ʔānu	آنُ ʔānu
accusative	آنًا ʔānan	الْآنَ al-ʔāna	آنَ ʔāna
genitive	آنٍ ʔānin	الْآنِ al-ʔāni	آنِ ʔāni

Derived terms

آنَذَاكَ (ʔānaḏāka)
آنِيّ (ʔāniyy)
الْآنَ (al-ʔāna)

Descendants

Kurdish:
→ Central Kurdish: ئان (an), عان ('an)

→ Southern Kurdish: ئان (an)
→ Persian: آن (ân, “moment”)
→ Uyghur: ئان (an, “moment, instant”)
→ Turkish: an

Etymology 2

Root
ء ي ن (ʔ y n)
3 terms

Verb

آنَ • (ʔāna) I (non-past يَئِينُ (yaʔīnu), verbal noun أَيْن (ʔayn))

to come, to near (said of time)
Synonyms: حَانَ (ḥāna), أَنَى (ʔanā)

Conjugation

Conjugation of **آنَ** (I, hollow, a ~ i, no passive, verbal noun *أَيْن*)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					أَيْن ʔayn
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					آئِن ʔāʔin
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	إِنْتُ ʔintu	إِنْتَ ʔinta	آنَ ʔāna	إِنْتُمَا ʔintumā	آنَا ʔānā	إِنَّا ʔinnā	إِنْتُمْ ʔintum	آنُوا ʔānū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	إِنْتُ ʔintu	إِنْتِ ʔinti	آنَتْ ʔānat	إِنْتُمَا ʔintumā	آنَتَا ʔānatā	إِنَّا ʔinnā	إِنْتُنَّ ʔintunna	إِنَّ ʔinna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَئِينُ ʔaʔīnu	تَئِينُ taʔīnu	يَئِينُ yaʔīnu	تَئِينَانِ taʔīnāni	يَئِينَانِ yaʔīnāni	نَئِينُ naʔīnu	تَئِينُونَ taʔīnūna	يَئِينُونَ yaʔīnūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَئِينُ ʔaʔīnu	تَئِينِينَ taʔīnīna	تَئِينُ taʔīnu	تَئِينَانِ taʔīnāni	تَئِينَانِ taʔīnāni	نَئِينُ naʔīnu	تَئِنَّ taʔinna	يَئِنَّ yaʔinna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَئِينَ ʔaʔīna	تَئِينَ taʔīna	يَئِينَ yaʔīna	تَئِينَا taʔīnā	يَئِينَا yaʔīnā	نَئِينَ naʔīna	تَئِينُوا taʔīnū	يَئِينُوا yaʔīnū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَئِينَ ʔaʔīna	تَئِينِي taʔīnī	تَئِينَ taʔīna	تَئِينَا taʔīnā	تَئِينَا taʔīnā	نَئِينَ naʔīna	تَئِنَّ taʔinna	يَئِنَّ yaʔinna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَئِنْ ʔaʔin	تَئِنْ taʔin	يَئِنْ yaʔin	تَئِينَا taʔīnā	يَئِينَا yaʔīnā	نَئِنْ naʔin	تَئِينُوا taʔīnū	يَئِينُوا yaʔīnū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَئِنْ ʔaʔin	تَئِينِي taʔīnī	تَئِنْ taʔin	تَئِينَا taʔīnā	تَئِينَا taʔīnā	نَئِنْ naʔin	تَئِنَّ taʔinna	يَئِنَّ yaʔinna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		إِنْ ʔin		إِينَا ʔīnā			إِينُوا ʔīnū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		إِينِي ʔīnī		إِينَا ʔīnā			إِنَّ ʔinna

Etymology 3

Root
ء و ن (ʔ w n)
1 term

Verb

آنَ • (ʔāna) I (non-past يَؤُونُ (yaʔūnu), verbal noun أَوْن (ʔawn))

to be or become at rest, at ease
to be or become gentle with [+بِ or فِي (object)]

Conjugation

Conjugation of **آنَ** (I, hollow, a ~ u, impersonal passive, verbal noun *أَوْن*)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					أَوْن ʔawn
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					آئِن ʔāʔin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَؤُون maʔūn
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أُنْتُ ʔuntu	أُنْتَ ʔunta	آنَ ʔāna	أُنْتُمَا ʔuntumā	آنَا ʔānā	أُنَّا ʔunnā	أُنْتُمْ ʔuntum	آنُوا ʔānū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	أُنْتُ ʔuntu	أُنْتِ ʔunti	آنَتْ ʔānat	أُنْتُمَا ʔuntumā	آنَتَا ʔānatā	أُنَّا ʔunnā	أُنْتُنَّ ʔuntunna	أُنَّ ʔunna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَؤُونُ ʔaʔūnu	تَؤُونُ taʔūnu	يَؤُونُ yaʔūnu	تَؤُونَانِ taʔūnāni	يَؤُونَانِ yaʔūnāni	نَؤُونُ naʔūnu	تَؤُونُونَ taʔūnūna	يَؤُونُونَ yaʔūnūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَؤُونُ ʔaʔūnu	تَؤُونِينَ taʔūnīna	تَؤُونُ taʔūnu	تَؤُونَانِ taʔūnāni	تَؤُونَانِ taʔūnāni	نَؤُونُ naʔūnu	تَؤُنَّ taʔunna	يَؤُنَّ yaʔunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَؤُونَ ʔaʔūna	تَؤُونَ taʔūna	يَؤُونَ yaʔūna	تَؤُونَا taʔūnā	يَؤُونَا yaʔūnā	نَؤُونَ naʔūna	تَؤُونُوا taʔūnū	يَؤُونُوا yaʔūnū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَؤُونَ ʔaʔūna	تَؤُونِي taʔūnī	تَؤُونَ taʔūna	تَؤُونَا taʔūnā	تَؤُونَا taʔūnā	نَؤُونَ naʔūna	تَؤُنَّ taʔunna	يَؤُنَّ yaʔunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَؤُنْ ʔaʔun	تَؤُنْ taʔun	يَؤُنْ yaʔun	تَؤُونَا taʔūnā	يَؤُونَا yaʔūnā	نَؤُنْ naʔun	تَؤُونُوا taʔūnū	يَؤُونُوا yaʔūnū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَؤُنْ ʔaʔun	تَؤُونِي taʔūnī	تَؤُنْ taʔun	تَؤُونَا taʔūnā	تَؤُونَا taʔūnā	نَؤُنْ naʔun	تَؤُنَّ taʔunna	يَؤُنَّ yaʔunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		أُنْ ʔun		أُونَا ʔūnā			أُونُوا ʔūnū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		أُونِي ʔūnī		أُونَا ʔūnā			أُنَّ ʔunna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	إِينَ ʔīna	—	—	—	—	—
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُؤَانُ yuʔānu	—	—	—	—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُؤَانَ yuʔāna	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُؤَنْ yuʔan	—	—	—	—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ol, whence also اُولْ (ol).

Pronoun

آنْ • (an)

he, she, it (third person singular pronoun)

Usage notes

آنْ (an) is the oblique case variant of اُولْ (ol).

Descendants

Reflexives of the merger with اُولْ (ol):

Azerbaijani: (plural and oblique stem) on-
Gagauz: (plural and oblique stem) on-
Ottoman Turkish: (plural and oblique stem) اونـ (on-)
- Turkish: (plural and oblique stem) on-

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic آن (ʔān)

Noun

آنْ • (ʔān).

moment

Descendants

Azerbaijani: an
Gagauz: an
Ottoman Turkish: آن (an)
- Turkish: an

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic آن (ʔān).

Noun

آن • (an) (definite accusative آنی)

moment
بر آن اول ― bir an evvel ― as soon as possible

Descendants

Turkish: an

Etymology 2

Noun

آن • (an) (definite accusative آنی)

beauty, grace, gracefulness.

References

Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “an 1”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 38
Redhouse, J. W., Wells, Charles (1880) Redhouse's Turkish Dictionary, in Two Parts, English and Turkish, and Turkish and English, 2nd edition, London: Bernard Quartch, 15 Piccadilly, page 427

Persian


Iranian Persian	آن
Dari	آن
Tajik	он

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔuː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ān
Dari reading^?	ān
Iranian reading^?	ân
Tajik reading^?	on

Homophone: او (colloquial Dari)
Audio (Iran): (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭 (ān, “that, he”).^[1]

Determiner

آن • (ân)

that
those

Pronoun

آن • (ân) (plural آن‌ها, human plural آنان)

that
it
he, she
Synonyms: او (u), وی (vey, literary formal), ایشان (išân, honorific), ایشون (išun, honorific colloquial)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic آن (ʔān)

Noun

آن • (ân)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

آن • (ân)

(dialectal) alternative form of (dahân, “mouth”)

References

^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 8

Punjabi

Verb

آݨ • (āṇ)

inflection of آݨا (āṇā):
1. oblique infinitive
2. second-person singular polite future subjunctive
3. third-person plural future subjunctive

[1] MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “ān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 8

[1]

		singular	plural
1st person		(man)	(mâ)
2nd person	familiar	(to)	(šomâ)
2nd person	polite	(šomâ)	(šomâ)
3rd person	general	(u) (on)*	(ân-hâ), (ânân) (onâ)*
	formal	(vey)	(išân)
	polite	(išân)	(išân)

			singular		plural
			nominative	accusative⁵	nominative	accusative⁵
1st person	general		من (man)	مرا (marā)	ما (mā)	—
1st person	informal¹		مه (ma)	مره (mara)	ما (mā)	ماره (māra)

2nd person	familiar		تو (tū, tō)²	ترا (turā)	شما (šumā)	—
	formal		شما (šumā)	—	شما (šumā)	—
	informal¹		—	تره (tura)	شمایا (šumāyā)	شمایاره (šumāyāra)

3rd person, proximal	general		او (ō) آن (ān)	—	آنان (ānān)⁴ آن‌ها (ān‑hā)⁴	—
	formal		وی (way)³ ایشان (ēšān)	—	ایشان (ēšān)	—
	informal	normal¹	او (ū)	اوره (ūra)	اونا (ūnā)	ایناره (ūnāra)
		emphatic I¹	اونو (ūnū)	اونوره (ūnūra)	وا (wā)	واره (wāra)
		emphatic II¹	اونمو (ūnamū)	اونموره (ūnamūra)	اونموا (ūnamwā)	اونمواره (ūnamwāra)

3rd person, distal	general		این (īn)	—	اینان (īnān) این‌ها (īn‑hā)	—
	informal	normal¹	ای (ī)	ایره (īra)	اینا (īnā)	ایناره (īnāra)
		emphatic I¹	اینی (īnī)	اینیره (īnīra)	یا (yā)	یاره (yāra)
		emphatic II¹	اینمی (īnamī)	اینمیره (īnamīra)	اینمیا (īnamyā)	اینمیاره (īnamyāra)