fani

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish فانی (fānī), from Persian فانی (fâni), from Arabic فَانٍ (fānin).

• IPA^(key): [fɑːˈni]
• Hyphenation: fa‧ni

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fani (comparative daha fani, superlative ən fani)

1. (poetic) perishable, mortal, transitory or transient, frail, inconstant

   fani dünya ― the mortal, transitory world; mortal coil

   • 1571 – 1629, Abbas the Great:

     Bu fani dünyada ləzzət çəkəlüm
     Bu dünyə kimsəyə qalmaz, əfəndim

     Let us savor pleasure in this transient world,
     This world remains with no one, my lord.

• “fani” in Obastan.com.

• fʋni (traditional)
• fạni (Byington/Swanton)

Cognate with Chickasaw fani'.

• IPA^(key): /fəní(ʔ)/
• Transcription: fani'

fani (alienable)

1. squirrel

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛaːnɪ/

fani m (genitive singular fana, plural fanar)

1. devil

   fanin

   the devil, Satan

   ein fanans tíð

   a long time (‘a devil's time’)

   Tín fani!

   You devil!

• fjandin, devulin, djevulin, illimaður, Sátan

From English fan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑni/, [ˈfɑ̝ni]
• Rhymes: -ɑni
• Syllabification^(key): fa‧ni
• Hyphenation^(key): fa‧ni

fani

1. fan (e.g. of a soccer/football team)

• ihailija (“fan, admirer”), kannattaja (“fan, supporter”)

• “fani”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

fani

1. romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌹

fānī

1. genitive singular of fānum

fani

1. horse

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Borrowed from Arabic فَنّ (fann).

fani class IX (plural fani class X)

1. a field or discipline (course of study or domain of knowledge or practice)

Borrowed from Arabic فَنِيع (fanīʕ), فَنِع (faniʕ).

fani (invariable)

1. successful, prosperous (characterized by success)
2. worthy (having worth, merit or value)

A Papuan word, compare Fataluku fahine.

fani

1. to sneeze

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فانی (fani), from Old Anatolian Turkish فانی (fānī), from Persian فانی (fâni), from Arabic فَانٍ (fānin).

fani

1. mortal

   Synonym: ölümlü

• “fani”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “fani”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fani”, in Nişanyan Sözlük