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

1. time

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

Declension

Declension of noun آن (ʔān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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))

1. 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
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	إِنْتُ ʔintu	إِنْتَ ʔinta	آنَ ʔāna		إِنْتُمَا ʔintumā	آنَا ʔānā		إِنَّا ʔinnā	إِنْتُمْ ʔintum	آنُوا ʔānū
	f		إِنْتِ ʔinti	آنَتْ ʔānat			آنَتَا ʔānatā			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
	f		تَئِينِينَ taʔīnīna	تَئِينُ taʔīnu			تَئِينَانِ taʔīnāni			تَئِنَّ taʔinna	يَئِنَّ yaʔinna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَئِينَ ʔaʔīna	تَئِينَ taʔīna	يَئِينَ yaʔīna		تَئِينَا taʔīnā	يَئِينَا yaʔīnā		نَئِينَ naʔīna	تَئِينُوا taʔīnū	يَئِينُوا yaʔīnū
	f		تَئِينِي taʔīnī	تَئِينَ taʔīna			تَئِينَا taʔīnā			تَئِنَّ taʔinna	يَئِنَّ yaʔinna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَئِنْ ʔaʔin	تَئِنْ taʔin	يَئِنْ yaʔin		تَئِينَا taʔīnā	يَئِينَا yaʔīnā		نَئِنْ naʔin	تَئِينُوا taʔīnū	يَئِينُوا yaʔīnū
	f		تَئِينِي taʔīnī	تَئِنْ taʔin			تَئِينَا taʔīnā			تَئِنَّ taʔinna	يَئِنَّ yaʔinna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		إِنْ ʔin			إِينَا ʔīnā				إِينُوا ʔīnū
	f		إِينِي ʔīnī							إِنَّ ʔinna

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic آن (ʔān).

Noun

آن • (an) (definite accusative آنی)

1. 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

Dari	آن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	он

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) 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):

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Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭 (ān, “that, he”).

Determiner

آن • (ân)

1. that
2. those

Pronoun

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

1. that
2. it
3. he, she

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

See also

Persian personal pronouns (Iranian Persian)

		singular	plural
1st person		مَن (man)	ما (mâ)
2nd person	familiar	تو (to)	شُما (šomâ)
	polite	شُما (šomâ)
3rd person	general	او (u) اون (on)*	آن‌ها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân) اونا (onâ)*
	formal	وِی (vey)	ایشان (išân)
	polite	ایشان (išân)
* colloquial pronunciations

Persian personal pronouns (Classical and Dari)

			singular		plural
			nominative	accusative5	nominative	accusative5
1st person	general		من man	مرا marā	ما mā	-
	informal1		مه ma	مره mara		ماره māra
2nd person	familiar		تو tū, tō2	ترا turā	شما šumā	-
	formal		شما šumā	-
	informal1		-	تره tura	شمایا šumāyā	شمایاره šumāyāra
3rd person	distal	general	او ō	-	آنان4 ānān	-
			آن ān		آن‌ها4 ān‑hā
		formal	وی3 way		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	-
					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)

1. moment
2. breath
3. (dialectal) mouth