इमकान
Hindi
Alternative forms
- इम्कान (imkān)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِمْکَان (imkān), borrowed from Arabic إِمْكَان (ʔimkān).[1] First attested in 1708[2] as امکان (amkan /imkān/).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɪm.kɑːn/, [ɪ̃m.kä̃ːn]
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: इम‧कान
Noun
इमकान • (imkān) m (Urdu spelling اِمْکان)[3][4] (rare)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | इमकान imkān |
इमकान, इमकानात imkān, imkānāt |
| oblique | इमकान imkān |
इमकानों, इमकानातों imkānõ, imkānātõ |
| vocative | इमकान imkān |
इमकानो, इमकानातो imkāno, imkānāto |
Derived terms
- इमकानी (imkānī)
References
More information
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “imkān”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 343.
- ^ “امکان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इमकान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 106
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “इमकान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 515
Further reading
More information
- Platts, John T. (1884) “امکان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 82
- John Shakespear (1834) “امکان”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 139
- “इमकान”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.