"فلان" meaning in Arabic

See فلان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fu.laːn/, /flɑn/ [Kuwait, Persian-Gulf]
Etymology: Compare Classical Syriac ܦܠܢ (plān) and Hebrew פְּלוֹנִי (pəlônî). Etymology templates: {{cog|syc|ܦܠܢ|tr=plān}} Classical Syriac ܦܠܢ (plān), {{cog|he|פְּלוֹנִי|tr=pəlônî}} Hebrew פְּלוֹנִי (pəlônî) Head templates: {{ar-noun|فُلَان|m|f=فُلَانَة}} فُلَان • (fulān) m (feminine فُلَانَة (fulāna)) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|فُلَان|state=ind}} Forms: فُلَان [canonical], fulān [romanization], فُلَانَة [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], فُلَان [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], - [definite, informal, singular, triptote], - [construct, informal, singular, triptote], فُلَانٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], - [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], - [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], فُلَانًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], - [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], - [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], فُلَانٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], - [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], - [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. A placeholder name for a person, used when a name is not known; a generic name; so-and-so Derived forms: فُلَانَة (fulāna), فُلَانِيّ (fulāniyy), فُلانٌ وَفُلان (Twelver Shiism; idiomatic)
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "ֆիլան"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: ֆիլան (filan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: ֆիլան (filan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "фәлән"
          },
          "expansion": "Bashkir: фәлән (fələn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bashkir: фәлән (fələn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ফলনা",
            "tr": "fôlôna"
          },
          "expansion": "Bengali: ফলনা (fôlôna)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bengali: ফলনা (fôlôna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "Si Fulan"
          },
          "expansion": "Malay: Si Fulan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Malay: Si Fulan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "فلان",
            "tr": "folân"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: فلان (folân)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: فلان (folân)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "فَلاں",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "falāṉ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: فَلاں (falāṉ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: فَلاں (falāṉ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "pylan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkmen: pylan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkmen: pylan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "falan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: falan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: falan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "filan"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: filan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: filan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xaa",
            "2": "فُلَان"
          },
          "expansion": "Andalusian Arabic: فُلَان",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Andalusian Arabic: فُلَان"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "fulano",
            "3": "fulán"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: fulano, fulán",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: fulano, fulán"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Fulano"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: Fulano, fulano\n→ Portuguese: fulano",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: Fulano, fulano\n→ Portuguese: fulano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "foão"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: foão",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: foão"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fuão"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: fuão",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: fuão"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܦܠܢ",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "פְּלוֹנִי",
        "tr": "pəlônî"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew פְּלוֹנִי (pəlônî)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Classical Syriac ܦܠܢ (plān) and Hebrew פְּלוֹנִי (pəlônî).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "فُلَان",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فُلَانَة",
      "roman": "fulāna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فُلَان",
      "roman": "fulān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فُلَانٌ",
      "roman": "fulānun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فُلَانًا",
      "roman": "fulānan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فُلَانٍ",
      "roman": "fulānin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "فُلَان",
        "2": "m",
        "f": "فُلَانَة"
      },
      "expansion": "فُلَان • (fulān) m (feminine فُلَانَة (fulāna))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "فُلَان",
        "state": "ind"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "fulāna",
          "word": "فُلَانَة"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fulāniyy",
          "word": "فُلَانِيّ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Twelver Shiism; idiomatic",
          "word": "فُلانٌ وَفُلان"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:28:",
          "roman": "yāwaylatā laytanī lam ʔattaḵiḏ fulānan ḵalīlan",
          "text": "يَـٰوَيۡلَتَىٰ لَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيلࣰا",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placeholder name for a person, used when a name is not known; a generic name; so-and-so"
      ],
      "id": "en-فلان-ar-noun-3GZ7sV5L",
      "links": [
        [
          "placeholder",
          "placeholder#English"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name#English"
        ],
        [
          "so-and-so",
          "so-and-so"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fu.laːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/flɑn/",
      "tags": [
        "Kuwait",
        "Persian-Gulf"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "فلان"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "fulāna",
      "word": "فُلَانَة"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fulāniyy",
      "word": "فُلَانِيّ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Twelver Shiism; idiomatic",
      "word": "فُلانٌ وَفُلان"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "ֆիլան"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: ֆիլան (filan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: ֆիլան (filan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "фәлән"
          },
          "expansion": "Bashkir: фәлән (fələn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bashkir: фәлән (fələn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ফলনা",
            "tr": "fôlôna"
          },
          "expansion": "Bengali: ফলনা (fôlôna)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bengali: ফলনা (fôlôna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ms",
            "2": "Si Fulan"
          },
          "expansion": "Malay: Si Fulan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Malay: Si Fulan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "فلان",
            "tr": "folân"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: فلان (folân)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: فلان (folân)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "فَلاں",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "falāṉ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: فَلاں (falāṉ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: فَلاں (falāṉ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tk",
            "2": "pylan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkmen: pylan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkmen: pylan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "falan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: falan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: falan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "filan"
          },
          "expansion": "Albanian: filan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Albanian: filan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xaa",
            "2": "فُلَان"
          },
          "expansion": "Andalusian Arabic: فُلَان",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Andalusian Arabic: فُلَان"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "fulano",
            "3": "fulán"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: fulano, fulán",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: fulano, fulán"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "Fulano"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: Fulano, fulano\n→ Portuguese: fulano",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: Fulano, fulano\n→ Portuguese: fulano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "foão"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: foão",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: foão"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fuão"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: fuão",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: fuão"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܦܠܢ",
        "tr": "plān"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "פְּלוֹנִי",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Classical Syriac ܦܠܢ (plān) and Hebrew פְּלוֹנִי (pəlônî).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "فُلَان",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulān",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فُلَانَة",
      "roman": "fulāna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فُلَان",
      "roman": "fulān",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فُلَانٌ",
      "roman": "fulānun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فُلَانًا",
      "roman": "fulānan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "فُلَانٍ",
      "roman": "fulānin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "فُلَان",
        "2": "m",
        "f": "فُلَانَة"
      },
      "expansion": "فُلَان • (fulān) m (feminine فُلَانَة (fulāna))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "فُلَان",
        "state": "ind"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic 2-syllable words",
        "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Arabic lemmas",
        "Arabic masculine nouns",
        "Arabic nouns",
        "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
        "Arabic placeholder terms",
        "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:28:",
          "roman": "yāwaylatā laytanī lam ʔattaḵiḏ fulānan ḵalīlan",
          "text": "يَـٰوَيۡلَتَىٰ لَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أَتَّخِذۡ فُلَانًا خَلِيلࣰا",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A placeholder name for a person, used when a name is not known; a generic name; so-and-so"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "placeholder",
          "placeholder#English"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name#English"
        ],
        [
          "so-and-so",
          "so-and-so"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fu.laːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/flɑn/",
      "tags": [
        "Kuwait",
        "Persian-Gulf"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "فلان"
}

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