خفقان

Arabic

Root
خ ف ق (ḵ f q)
3 terms

Etymology

From خَفَقَ (ḵafaqa, “to beat”) + ـَان (-ān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.fa.qaːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

خَفَقَان • (ḵafaqān) m

1. verbal noun of خَفَقَ (ḵafaqa) (form I)
2. (medicine, physiology) beating, palpitation, throbbing (of the heart)

Declension

Declension of noun خَفَقَان (ḵafaqān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَفَقَان ḵafaqān	الْخَفَقَان al-ḵafaqān	خَفَقَان ḵafaqān
Nominative	خَفَقَانٌ ḵafaqānun	الْخَفَقَانُ al-ḵafaqānu	خَفَقَانُ ḵafaqānu
Accusative	خَفَقَانًا ḵafaqānan	الْخَفَقَانَ al-ḵafaqāna	خَفَقَانَ ḵafaqāna
Genitive	خَفَقَانٍ ḵafaqānin	الْخَفَقَانِ al-ḵafaqāni	خَفَقَانِ ḵafaqāni

Descendants

• → Persian: خفقان
• → Ottoman Turkish: خفقان
  • → Turkish: hafakan, afakan