"کان" meaning in Persian

See کان in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɑːn] [Classical-Persian], [kʰɑːn] [Dari, formal], [kʰɑːn] [Dari, formal], [kʰɑːn] [Kabuli], [kʰɔːn] (note: Hazaragi), [kʰɒːn] [Iran, formal], [kʰɔn] [Tajik, formal] Forms: kân [romanization], کانها [plural]
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*kanH-|id=dig|t=to dig}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|کانها|||||f1tr=kân-hâ|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=kân|tr2=|tr3=}} کان • (kân) (plural کانها (kân-hâ)), {{fa-noun|pl=کانها|pltr=kân-hâ|tr=kân}} کان • (kân) (plural کانها (kân-hâ))
  1. mine Synonyms: معدن
    Sense id: en-کان-fa-noun-P9MFQv4~
  2. (figurative) source; treasure Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-کان-fa-noun-3Ht8NjMQ Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 5 95
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "кен",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: кен (ken)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: кен (ken)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "кен",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: кен (ken)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kyrgyz: кен (ken)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "كان",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: كان (kan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: كان (kan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kanH-",
        "id": "dig",
        "t": "to dig"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کانها",
      "roman": "kân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "کانها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "kân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "kân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "کان • (kân) (plural کانها (kân-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "کانها",
        "pltr": "kân-hâ",
        "tr": "kân"
      },
      "expansion": "کان • (kân) (plural کانها (kân-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mine"
      ],
      "id": "en-کان-fa-noun-P9MFQv4~",
      "links": [
        [
          "mine",
          "mine"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "معدن"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "source; treasure"
      ],
      "id": "en-کان-fa-noun-3Ht8NjMQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "treasure",
          "treasure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) source; treasure"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔn]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کان"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "кен",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: кен (ken)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: кен (ken)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "кен",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: кен (ken)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kyrgyz: кен (ken)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "كان",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: كان (kan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: كان (kan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*kanH-",
        "id": "dig",
        "t": "to dig"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kân",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "کانها",
      "roman": "kân-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "کانها",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "kân-hâ",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "kân",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "کان • (kân) (plural کانها (kân-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "کانها",
        "pltr": "kân-hâ",
        "tr": "kân"
      },
      "expansion": "کان • (kân) (plural کانها (kân-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mine",
          "mine"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "معدن"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "source; treasure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "treasure",
          "treasure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) source; treasure"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔːn]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔn]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کان"
}

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