لدن

Arabic

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -un

Etymology 1

Uncertain, often considered a variation of لَدَى (ladā) perhaps the /ن/ reflecting a vestigial duality; at one's two hands. Alternatively, by analogy with one's feet, developed from a contraction of لَ (la, “to, for”) + دُون (dūn, “beneath; by one's feet”); hence coming to or being at a space or duration close or near, right at their feet, immediately before them, in the presence of, happening or being near, following in a location or time.

Preposition

لَدُنْ • (ladun)

at, by, near, since, from the moment that
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:10:
  إِذْ أَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا
  ʔiḏ ʔawā l-fityatu ʔilā l-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ʔātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyiʔ lanā min ʔamrinā rašadan
  Mufti Taqi: When the young men took refuge in the Cave and said, “Our Lord, bless us with mercy from Your own and provide us with guidance in our matters.”

Usage notes

Usually preceded by مِنْ (min, “from”).

Inflection

Inflected forms

base form					لَدُنْ (ladun)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		dual	plural
	m	f	dual	m	f
1^st person	لَدُنِّي / لَدُنِّيَ (ladunnī / ladunniya)		لَدُنَّا (ladunnā)
2^nd person	لَدُنْكَ (ladunka)	لَدُنْكِ (ladunki)	لَدُنْكُمَا (ladunkumā)	لَدُنْكُمْ (ladunkum)	لَدُنْكُنَّ (ladunkunna)
3^rd person	لَدُنْهُ (ladunhu)	لَدُنْهَا (ladunhā)	لَدُنْهُمَا (ladunhumā)	لَدُنْهُمْ (ladunhum)	لَدُنْهُنَّ (ladunhunna)

Synonyms

لَدَى (ladā)
عِنْدَ (ʕinda)

Derived terms

لَدُنِّيّ (ladunniyy, adjective)
- اَلْعِلْمُ اللَّدُنِّيّ (al-ʕilmu l-ladunniyy)

Etymology 2

Verb

لِدْنَ • (lidna) (form I) /lid.na/

second-person feminine plural imperative of وَلَدَ (walada)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَدُنْ (ladun, “at, near”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /la.ˈdun/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.d̪ʊn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lä.d̪ʊn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lä.d̪un]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læ.d̪on]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.d̪un]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ladun
Dari reading^?	ladun
Iranian reading^?	ladon
Tajik reading^?	ladun

Adverb


Iranian Persian	لدن
Dari	لدن
Tajik	ладўи

لدن • (ladon)

near, close
near God, divine, mystical
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3642:
  ای برادر دست وا دار از سخن
  خود خدا پیدا کند علم لدن‌‌
  ay barādar dast-i-ō dār az suxan
  xwad xudā paydā kunad 'ilm-i-ladun
  O brother, refrain from speech:
  God himself will make manifest the knowledge that is with Him.

Punjabi

Verb

لَدَّݨ • (laddaṇ)

inflection of لَدّݨا (laddṇā):
1. oblique infinitive
2. second-person singular polite future subjunctive
3. third-person plural future subjunctive

Verb

لُدَّݨ • (luddaṇ)

inflection of لُدّݨا (luddṇā):
1. oblique infinitive
2. second-person singular polite future subjunctive
3. third-person plural future subjunctive