أوان
See also: اوان
Arabic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾwʾm), [script needed] (ʾʾwʾm /āwām/, “space of time; epoch; occasion”), from Old Persian *abigāmā f (“time”), from 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abi-, “towards”) + Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to press, to grasp”). Also borrowed in إِبَّان (ʔibbān).
Noun
أَوَان • (ʔawān) m (plural آوِنَة (ʔāwina))
- particular time, timeframe, occasion, time that has come or is due
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَوَان ʔawān |
الْأَوَان al-ʔawān |
أَوَان ʔawān |
| nominative | أَوَانٌ ʔawānun |
الْأَوَانُ al-ʔawānu |
أَوَانُ ʔawānu |
| accusative | أَوَانًا ʔawānan |
الْأَوَانَ al-ʔawāna |
أَوَانَ ʔawāna |
| genitive | أَوَانٍ ʔawānin |
الْأَوَانِ al-ʔawāni |
أَوَانِ ʔawāni |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | أَوَانَيْن ʔawānayn |
الْأَوَانَيْن al-ʔawānayn |
أَوَانَيْ ʔawānay |
| nominative | أَوَانَانِ ʔawānāni |
الْأَوَانَانِ al-ʔawānāni |
أَوَانَا ʔawānā |
| accusative | أَوَانَيْنِ ʔawānayni |
الْأَوَانَيْنِ al-ʔawānayni |
أَوَانَيْ ʔawānay |
| genitive | أَوَانَيْنِ ʔawānayni |
الْأَوَانَيْنِ al-ʔawānayni |
أَوَانَيْ ʔawānay |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | آوِنَة ʔāwina |
الْآوِنَة al-ʔāwina |
آوِنَة ʔāwinat |
| nominative | آوِنَةٌ ʔāwinatun |
الْآوِنَةُ al-ʔāwinatu |
آوِنَةُ ʔāwinatu |
| accusative | آوِنَةً ʔāwinatan |
الْآوِنَةَ al-ʔāwinata |
آوِنَةَ ʔāwinata |
| genitive | آوِنَةٍ ʔāwinatin |
الْآوِنَةِ al-ʔāwinati |
آوِنَةِ ʔāwinati |
Etymology 2
The regular plural of إِنَاء (ʔināʔ, “vessel”) would have originally been *أَأْنِيَة (*ʔaʔniya), which became آنِيَة (ʔāniya, “vessels”) due to a regular sound shift affecting consecutive hamzahs. However, آنِيَة (ʔāniya) coincidentally has the form of a singular feminine active participle, so it appears to have been pluralized again to أَوَانٍ (ʔawānin, “vessels”) to reinforce its status as a plural.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔa.waː.nin/
Noun
أَوَانٍ • (ʔawānin) m pl
- plural of إِنَاء (ʔināʔ, “vessel”)
References
- Asbaghi, Asya (1988), Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, pages 1, 30, 31
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “أوان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 72
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “أوان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 129.
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “اني”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN