گان

See also: كان, كأن, and کان

Khowar

Etymology

From Sanskrit गन्ध (gandhá).

Noun

گان (gan)

1. wind

References

• Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2005) “گان”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, Chicago: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago.

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (-kʾn' /⁠(a)gān⁠/). Compare Old Armenian -ական (-akan), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥ɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	gān
Dari reading?	gān
Iranian reading?	gân
Tajik reading?	gon

Suffix

ـگان • (-gân)

1. A suffix used to form adjectives and nouns with the meaning of "pertaining to" or "relating to" but many have developed to more specific meanings

   راه (râh, “way”) + گان (-gân) = رایگان (râygân, “free”) (referring to how something can be found on the way)

   شاه (šâh, “king”) + گان (-gân) = شایگان (šâygân, “royal, kingly, treasure, valuable thing”)

   ده (deh, “village”) + گان (-gân) = دهقان (dehqân, “villager, farmer”) (originally meaning: pertaining to the village)

   بازار (bâzâr, “market”) + گان (-gân) = بازرگان (bâzargân, “merchant, trader”)

   مهر (mehr, “month of Mehr”) + گان (-gân) = مهرگان (mehregân, “Mehregan, a Persian celebration that takes place in the month of Mehr”)

Derived terms

Category Persian terms suffixed with ـگان not found

Etymology 2

Suffix

گان • (-gân)

1. A suffix forming the plural of animate nouns, with some exceptions. The main form is ان (an), but it becomes گان (-gân) after a silent ه (h), یان after و or ا.

   پرنده (parande, paranda, “bird”) + ان (-an) = پرندگان (parandegân, parandagân, “birds”)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːn/

Noun

گان • (gān) m (Hindi spelling गान)

1. song
2. singing