फ़ना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَنَاء (fanāʔ). Cognate with Bengali ফানা (phana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /fə.nɑː/, [fɐ.näː], /pʰə.nɑː/, [pʰɐ.näː]

Adjective

फ़ना • (fanā) (Urdu spelling فنا)

1. expired, departed
2. mortal, perishable

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

फ़ना • (fanā) f (Urdu spelling فنا)

1. annihilation, evanescence, extinction, perishment
2. (Sufism) extinction of the self

Declension

Declension of फ़ना (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फ़ना fanā	फ़नाएँ fanāẽ
oblique	फ़ना fanā	फ़नाओं fanāõ
vocative	फ़ना fanā	फ़नाओ fanāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फ़ना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press