الآن

See also: الان

Arabic

Etymology

Definite accusative of آن (ʔān, time).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.ʔaː.na/

Adverb

الْآنَ • (al-ʔāna)

  1. now
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:91:
      آلْآنَ وَقَدْ عَصَيْتَ قَبْلُ وَكُنْتَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
      ʔālʔāna waqad ʕaṣayta qablu wakunta mina l-mufsidīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

الْآنَ • (al-ʔānam

  1. now

Declension

Declension of noun الْآنَ (al-ʔāna)
singular singular invariable
indefinite definite construct
informal الْآنَ
al-ʔāna
nominative الْآنَ
al-ʔāna
accusative الْآنَ
al-ʔāna
genitive الْآنَ
al-ʔāna

Descendants

  • Persian: الان (al'ân), الآن
  • Khalaj: əlân

Khalaj

Adverb

اَلآن (əlân)

  1. Arabic spelling of əlân (now)