ان

ان (ən)

1. Arabic spelling of en, alternative form of اَِنْ‎

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 (-ā), e.g. عَطْشَى‎ (ʿaṭšā), كَسْلَى‎ (kaslā), نَعْسَى‎ (naʿsā).

َ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”).

ـَانِ • (-āni)

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

ان (an) m

1. egg

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

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.

Used mainly in writing.

• ها‎ (-hâ)

ان • (an)

1. (vulgar) Alternative spelling of عن‎.

ان • (en)

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

• دی‌ان‌ای‎ (di-en-ey)

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

ان (an)

1. blind