فانی
See also: فاني
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic فَانٍ (fānin).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /faː.ˈniː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɑː.níː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fɒː.níː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fɔ.ní]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | fānī |
| Dari reading? | fānī |
| Iranian reading? | fâni |
| Tajik reading? | foni |
Adjective
فانی • (fānī / fâni) (Tajik spelling фонӣ)
Proper noun
فانی • (fâni)
- a surname from Arabic
Etymology 2
Proper noun
فانی • (fâni)
- a female given name, Fanny, from English
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian فَانِی (fānī), borrowed from Arabic فَانٍ (fānin), from فَنِيَ (faniya), from Proto-Semitic *pan-. First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi فانی (fany /fānī/).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɑː.niː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: فا‧نی
Adjective
فَانِی • (fānī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling फ़ानी)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “فانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “فانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “فانی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “فانی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834), “فانی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC