כאן

Arabic

Verb

כאן • (kāna) (non-past יכון (yakūnu))

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of كَانَ (kāna)‎‎
   • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[1], Genesis 1:3:

     ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃

     wašāʔa llāhu ʔan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.

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

Hebrew

Etymology

From כְּ־ + אָן (“where”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): [kan]

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Adjective

כָּאן • (kán)

1. Here, at this place.

Usage notes

• The adjective use is essentially a special case of the adverb use; hence, the adjective does not change form to agree with its subject.

Adverb

כָּאן • (kán)

1. Here, at this place.

Usage notes

• Unlike English, Hebrew draws an obligatory distinction between “[at] here” and “[to] here”. כאן is the former; לכאן (l'khán) is the latter.

Noun

כָּאן • (kán) ?

1. Here, this place.

Derived terms

• לְכָאן (lekhán)
• עַד כָּאן ('ad kán)