آن

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

Arabic

Etymology 1

Belonging to the family ء ن ي (ʔ-n-y), “to come or draw near”, “to be at or present”, “to happen or occur“, “to come to a point in time”. 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

See above.

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)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					أَيْن ʔayn
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					آئِن ʔāʔin
		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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic آن (ʔān).

Noun

آن • (an) (definite accusative آنی)

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

Descendants

Turkish: an

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], Constantinople: Mihran, page 38

Persian


Iranian Persian	آن
Dari	آن
Tajik	он

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːn]

(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)

			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, tō²	ترا turā	شما šumā	-
	formal		شما šumā	-	شما šumā	-
	informal¹		-	تره tura	شمایا šumāyā	شمایاره šumāyāra
3rd person	distal	general	او ō	-	آنان⁴ ānān	-
		general	آن ān		آن‌ها⁴ ān‑hā
		formal	وی³ way		ایشان ēšān
		formal	ایشان ēšān		ایشان ēšān
		informal, normal¹	او ū	اوره ūra	اونا ūnā	ایناره ūnāra
		informal, emphatic I¹	اونو ūnū	اونوره ūnūra	وا wā	واره wāra
		informal, emphatic II¹	اونمو ūnamū	اونموره ūnamūra	اونموا ūnamwā	اونمواره ūnamwāra
	proximal	general	این īn	-	اینان īnān	-
		general	این īn	-	این‌ها īn‑hā	-
		informal, normal¹	ای ī	ایره īra	اینا īnā	ایناره īnāra
		informal, emphatic I¹	اینی īnī	اینیره īnīra	یا yā	یاره yāra
		informal, emphatic II¹	اینمی īnamī	اینمیره īnamīra	اینمیا īnamyā	اینمیاره īnamyāra
¹ only applies to Dari ² only applies to Classical Persian ³ not formal in Tajik ⁴ the plural forms آن‌ها and آنان are typically interchangeable ⁵ all accusative pronouns can be created with the nominative + را, only unique forms are included

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] 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)
* colloquial pronunciations