کنعان

See also: كنعان and ڪنعان

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَنْعَان (kanʕān).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kan.ˈʔaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰän.ʔɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.nɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.nɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæn.ʔɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰän.ʔɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kan'ān
Dari reading^?	kan'ān
Iranian reading^?	kan'ân
Tajik reading^?	kan'on

Proper noun

کنعان • (kan'ān / kan'ân) (Tajik spelling Канъон)

Canaan
- 14th-century, Hafez, "From Canaan Joseph Shall Return", Divan-e Hafez
  یوسف گمگشته بازآید به کنعان غم مخور
  کلبهٔ احزان شود روزی گلستان غم مخور
  yusof-e gomgašte bâz-âyad be kan'ân, ğam maxor
  kolbe-ye ahzân šavad ruzi golestân, ğam maxor
  Joseph (i.e. The son of the Jewish patriarch, Jacob), who was a thing lost, returned to Canaan, (therefore) Bury your anxiety.
  The cottage of sorrows becomes the daily bread of the garden, (therefore) Bury your anxiety.

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَنْعَان (kanʕān).

Proper noun

کَنْعان • (kanʻān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਨਾਨ)

Canaan

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَنْعَان (kanʕān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kən.(ʔ)ɑːn/
Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

کَنْعان • (kan'ān) m (Hindi spelling कनआन)

Canaan