فان

See also: قان

Arabic

Root
ف ن ي (f n y)
5 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faː.nin/

Adjective

فَانٍ • (fānin) (construct state فَانِي (fānī), feminine فَانِيَة (fāniya), masculine plural فَانُونَ (fānūna), 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)
  • → Urdu: فانی (fānī)
• → Ottoman Turkish: فانی (fânî)
  • > Turkish: fâni (inherited)
  • → Crimean Tatar: faniy
• → Uyghur: پانىي (paniy)
• → Uzbek: foniy