لن

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lan/

Adverb

لَنْ • (lan)

1. not (future)

   لَنْ يَكْتُبَ ― lan yaktuba ― He will not write.

Usage notes

• لن is used to deny the future. It governs the subjunctive of the verb.

See also

• Negative particles: لَا (lā), لَم (lam), مَا (mā)
• لَيْسَ (laysa)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀁𑀟𑀼𑀅 (laṃḍua), from Sanskrit *लण्ड (laṇḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /lənːə̆/, [lɐ̃nˑᵊ]

Noun

لَنّ • (lann) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੰਨ)

1. (vulgar) penis

Declension

Declension of لن

	singular	plural
direct	لَنّ (lann)	لَنّ (lann)
oblique	لَنّ (lann)	لَنّاں (lannāṉ)
vocative	لَنّا (lannā)	لَنّو (lanno)
ablative	لَنّوں (lannoṉ)	لَنّاں (lannāṉ)
locative	لَنّے (lanne)	لَنِّیں (lanniīṉ)
instrumental	لَنّوں (lannoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*laṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa).

Noun

لن (lan)

1. salt