امکان

See also: امكان and إمكان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔim.kɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.kʰɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.kʰɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.kʰɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔim.kʰɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔem.kʰɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔim.kʰɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	imkān
Dari reading?	imkān
Iranian reading?	emkân
Tajik reading?	imkon

Noun

Dari	امکان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	имкон

امکان • (emkân) (plural امکان‌ها (emkân-hâ))

1. possibility

Related terms

• مُمکِن (momken)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امکان (imkān), itself from Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪm.kɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: اِم‧کان

Noun

اِمْکان • (imkān) m (Hindi spelling इम्कान)

1. possibility, probability
2. means, courage
3. control
4. contingent existence
5. this world, existence

Declension

Declension of امکان
	singular	plural
direct	اِمْکان (imkān)	اِمْکان (imkān)
oblique	اِمْکان (imkān)	اِمْکانوں (imkānō̃)
vocative	اِمْکان (imkān)	اِمْکانو (imkānō)

Further reading

• “امکان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “امکان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “امکان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.