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

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

Declension of noun أَوَان (ʔawān)

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) “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