ـان

Gurani

ـان (ān)

Chiefly used in the Gewrecuyî and Hewramī dialects .

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [.ʔɑːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [.ʔɑːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [.ʔɔːn]


Iranian Persian	ـان
Dari	ـان
Tajik	-он

ـان • (-ân)

a suffix forming the plural of nouns, chiefly animate ones
Hypernym: ها (-hâ, possible for any noun)

In the formal standard language, -ân is usable with almost all words for persons and many animal names. It is also employed with a limited number of inanimate nouns, e.g. (češmân, “eyes”), (soxanân, “words”). In pre-modern or poetic texts it is used more freely. In the contemporary Iranian vernacular, on the other hand, the suffix is rare and only a handful of words are common, e.g. (âqâyân, “misters”), ('azizân, “dear ones, friends”).
The suffix becomes (-gân) after a native word in silent (-e), and (-yân) after (-u) or (-a).


Iranian Persian	ـان
Dari	ـان
Tajik	-он

ـان • (-ân)

Inherited from Sanskrit -इनी (-inī), feminine of -इन् (-in, possessive suffix).

ـاِن • (-in) f (Hindi spelling -इन)

forms feminine equivalents
‎ناتی (nātī, “grandson”) + ‎ـان → ‎ناتِن (nātin)

‎ناگ (nāg, “snake”) + ‎ـان → ‎ناگِن (nāgin)