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))

1. particular time, timeframe, occasion, time that has come or is due

Declension

Declension of noun أَوَان (ʔawān)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.waː.nin/

Noun

أَوَانٍ • (ʔawānin) m pl

1. plural of إِنَاء (ʔināʔ)

References

• Asbaghi, Asya (1988), Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen‎ (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 (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