# عن
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From the root ع ن ن (ʕ n n) in the sense of appearing in view in the distance and in the sense offering or presenting, bring it into someone’s view; related to ع ي ن (ʕ y n) a root denoting the eye and vision.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕan/

#### Preposition

عَنْ • (ʕan)
* off, away from
* from (source)
* out of (a feeling)
* about, on
* according to, as attested by, on authority of
* on the basis of, on the strength of
* for, in defense of
* as a substitute for

##### Inflection

Inflected forms :
| Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | عَنْ (ʕan) |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Singular | Singular | Dual | Plural | Plural |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine |
| First person | عَنِّي (ʕannī) | عَنِّي (ʕannī) | عَنَّا (ʕannā) | عَنَّا (ʕannā) | عَنَّا (ʕannā) |
| Second person | عَنْكَ (ʕanka) | عَنْكِ (ʕanki) | عَنْكُمَا (ʕankumā) | عَنْكُمْ (ʕankum) | عَنْكُنَّ (ʕankunna) |
| Third person | عَنْهُ (ʕanhu) | عَنْهَا (ʕanhā) | عَنْهُمَا (ʕanhumā) | عَنْهُمْ (ʕanhum) | عَنْهُنَّ (ʕanhunna) |

##### Derived terms

* عَمَّا (ʕammā)
* عَمَّ (ʕamma)
* عَمَّنْ (ʕamman)

### Etymology 2

* Root
* ع ن ن (ʕ n n)
* 6 terms

#### Verb

عَنَّ • (ʕanna) I (non-past يَعِنُّ (yaʕinnu) or يَعُنُّ (yaʕunnu), verbal noun عَنّ (ʕann) or عَنَن (ʕanan))
* to present itself, to offer itself
* to take shape, to form, to arise, to spring up
* to suggest itself
* to appear, to occur
* to turn away, to move aside
* to put a rein on
* to pull the reins on
* to confine, to enclose
* to vilify, to revile

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

عَنّ • (ʕann) m
* verbal noun of عَنَّ (ʕanna) (form I)

##### Declension
### References

* Freytag, Georg (1835) “عن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 226
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “عن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2162–2163
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عن”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 728

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَنْ (ʕan)

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ˈʔan]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔǽn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔǽn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔǽn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔǽn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔǽn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔǽn]

#### Preposition

عن • (an)
* from
* of
* through, by, with
* concerning, on account of, for
* above, on

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is this attested in Classical Persian?”)

#### Pronunciation

* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔǽn]

#### Noun

عن • (an) (Iran)
* (vulgar) shit

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “عن”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ع ن ن
* 1 term

### Etymology

From Arabic عَنْ (ʕan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʕan/, [ʕan]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Preposition

عن • (ʕan)
* from (away from)
* about
* instead of, on behalf of

#### Inflection

Inflected forms of عن :
| Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | Base form | عن (ʕan) |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Personal-pronoun- including forms | Personal-pronoun- including forms | m | f | plural | plural |
| 1st person | 1st person | عنّي (ʕanni) | عنّي (ʕanni) | عنّا (ʕanna) | عنّا (ʕanna) |
| 2nd person | 2nd person | عنّك (ʕannak) | عنّك (ʕannek) | عنكم (ʕankom) | عنكم (ʕankom) |
| 3rd person | 3rd person | عنّه (ʕanno) | عنها (ʕanha) | عنهم (ʕanhom) | عنهم (ʕanhom) |