אן

See also: אַן‎, אָן‎, and Appendix:Variations of "an"

Arabic

Conjunction

אן • (ʾan)

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of أَنْ‎ (ʾan)‎‎
   • Genesis 1:3 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     ‏ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃‎‎

     wašāʾa llāhu ʾan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.

     And God willed there to be light, and then there was light.

Conjunction

אן • (ʾanna)

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of أَنَّ‎ (ʾanna)‎‎

Conjunction

אן • (ʾin)

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of إِنْ‎ (ʾin, “if”)‎‎

Particle

אן • (ʾinna)

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of إِنَّ‎ (ʾinna)‎‎
   • Exodus 10:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     ‏תׄם קאל אללה למוסי אדכׄל אלי פרעון פאני קד קוית קלבה וקלב קואדה לכי אחל אפאתי הדׄה בהם׃‎‎

     ṯumma qāla llāhu limūsā dḵul ʾilā firʿawna faʾinnī qad qawwaytu qalbahu waqalba quwwādihi likay ʾuḥilla ʾāfātī hāḏihi bahum.

     Then God said to Moses: Come to Pharaoh for [indeed] I have just strengthened his heart and the heart of his commanders so that I might set upon them these my plagues.

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Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛn/

Conjunction

אן • (transliteration needed)

1. if

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Hebrew

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אָוֶן‎ (āwen), from Egyptian jwnw (“Heliopolis”)

Proper noun

אֹן • (on)

1. Heliopolis

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Yiddish

Determiner

אן • (an)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַן‎ (an).

Preposition

אן • (on)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אָן‎ (on).