امکان

See also: امكان‎ and إمكان‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِمْكَان‎ (ʔimkān).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪm.kʰɑːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪm.kʰɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔim.kʰɔːn]

Readings
Classical reading? imkān
Dari reading? imkān
Iranian reading? emkân
Tajik reading? imkon

Noun
Dari امکان‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik имкон

امکان • (emkân) (plural امکان‌ها‎ (emkân-hâ))

  1. possibility

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian امکان‎ (imkān), itself from Arabic إِمْكَان‎ (ʔimkān).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪm.kɑːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: اِم‧کان

Noun

اِمْکان • (imkān) m (Hindi spelling इम्कान)

  1. possibility, probability
  2. means, courage
  3. control
  4. contingent existence
  5. this world, existence

Declension
Declension of امکان‎
singular plural
direct اِمْکان‎ (imkān) اِمْکان‎ (imkān)
oblique اِمْکان‎ (imkān) اِمْکانوں‎ (imkānō̃)
vocative اِمْکان‎ (imkān) اِمْکانو‎ (imkānō)

Further reading
  • “امکان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “امکان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “امکان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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