فان

See also: قان

Arabic

Root
ف ن ي (f n y)
6 terms

Etymology

    Derived from the active participle of the verb فَنِيَ (faniya, “to perish”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /faː.nin/

    Adjective

    فَانٍ • (fānin) (informal فَانِي (fānī), feminine فَانِيَة (fāniya), masculine plural فَانُون (fānūn), feminine plural فَانِيَات (fāniyāt))

    1. evanescent, transitory, transient, ephemeral
      تَجَاوَز هَذِهِ الفَانِيَة ― tajāwaz haḏihi l-fāniya ― to leave this world, to pass away
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 55:26:
        كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
        kullu man ʕalayhā fānin
        Every being on earth is bound to perish.
    2. vain
    3. very old, decrepit, geriatric
    4. exhausted
    5. perishable, bound to vanish, perishing
    6. impermanent, destructible
    7. dead, dying, subject to dying
    8. lifeless, departed, deceased
    9. defunct
    10. asleep

    Declension

    Declension of adjective فَانٍ (fānin)
    singular masculine feminine
    singular triptote in ـٍ (-in) singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal فَانِي
    fānī     		الْفَانِي
    al-fānī     		فَانِيَة
    fāniya     		الْفَانِيَة
    al-fāniya
    nominative فَانٍ
    fānin     		الْفَانِي
    al-fānī     		فَانِيَةٌ
    fāniyatun     		الْفَانِيَةُ
    al-fāniyatu
    accusative فَانِيًا
    fāniyan     		الْفَانِيَ
    al-fāniya     		فَانِيَةً
    fāniyatan     		الْفَانِيَةَ
    al-fāniyata
    genitive فَانٍ
    fānin     		الْفَانِي
    al-fānī     		فَانِيَةٍ
    fāniyatin     		الْفَانِيَةِ
    al-fāniyati
    dual masculine feminine
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal فَانِيَيْن
    fāniyayn     		الْفَانِيَيْن
    al-fāniyayn     		فَانِيَتَيْن
    fāniyatayn     		الْفَانِيَتَيْن
    al-fāniyatayn
    nominative فَانِيَانِ
    fāniyāni     		الْفَانِيَانِ
    al-fāniyāni     		فَانِيَتَانِ
    fāniyatāni     		الْفَانِيَتَانِ
    al-fāniyatāni
    accusative فَانِيَيْنِ
    fāniyayni     		الْفَانِيَيْنِ
    al-fāniyayni     		فَانِيَتَيْنِ
    fāniyatayni     		الْفَانِيَتَيْنِ
    al-fāniyatayni
    genitive فَانِيَيْنِ
    fāniyayni     		الْفَانِيَيْنِ
    al-fāniyayni     		فَانِيَتَيْنِ
    fāniyatayni     		الْفَانِيَتَيْنِ
    al-fāniyatayni
    plural masculine feminine
    sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal فَانِين
    fānīn     		الْفَانِين
    al-fānīn     		فَانِيَات
    fāniyāt     		الْفَانِيَات
    al-fāniyāt
    nominative فَانُونَ
    fānūna     		الْفَانُونَ
    al-fānūna     		فَانِيَاتٌ
    fāniyātun     		الْفَانِيَاتُ
    al-fāniyātu
    accusative فَانِينَ
    fānīna     		الْفَانِينَ
    al-fānīna     		فَانِيَاتٍ
    fāniyātin     		الْفَانِيَاتِ
    al-fāniyāti
    genitive فَانِينَ
    fānīna     		الْفَانِينَ
    al-fānīna     		فَانِيَاتٍ
    fāniyātin     		الْفَانِيَاتِ
    al-fāniyāti

    Descendants

    • → Azerbaijani: fani
    • → Persian: فانی (fâni)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: فانی (fânî)
      • > Turkish: fâni (inherited)
      • → Crimean Tatar: faniy
    • → Turkmen: pany
    • → Uyghur: پانىي (paniy)
    • → Uzbek: foniy
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