फ़न

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَنّ (fann) or directly from Arabic فَنّ (fann), from Classical Persian پَنْد (pand). Attested as Old Hindi फनी (phanī), फंनी (phaṃnī).[1] Cognate with Punjabi ਫ਼ਨ (fan).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /fən/, [fɐ̃n], /pʰən/, [pʰɐ̃n]

Noun

फ़न • (fan) m (Urdu spelling فن)[2][3]

  1. art, craft

Declension

Declension of फ़न (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct फ़न
fan 		फ़न
fan
oblique फ़न
fan 		फ़नों
fanõ
vocative फ़न
fan 		फ़नो
fano

Derived terms

  • फ़नकार (fankār, “artist”)

References

  1. ^ Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) “फंनी”, in Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 1296, column 2.
  2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फ़न”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “फ़न”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
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