ون
Arabic
Suffix
ـُونَ • (-ūna) m
- Nominative-case suffix used to pluralize nouns and adjectives, generally masculine ones referring to people. The suffixe changes to ـِينَ (-īna) in the genitive and accusative cases.
- -ty
Usage notes
- This suffix is mostly restricted to participles, nisbas, and certain nouns of other building types such as the measure فَعَّال (faʿʿāl). Only a handful of nouns not referring to people use this suffix, e.g. سِنُونَ (sinūna) from سَنة (sana, “year”). Most other nouns have broken plurals or use the “feminine” suffix ـَات (-āt). Note that borrowed nouns tend to use the latter even when they refer to people, e.g. بَهْلَوانَات (bahlawānāt) from بَهْلَوان (bahlawān, “acrobat”).
Derived terms
terms derived using ـُونَ (multiples of ten)
- عِشْرُونَ (ʿišrūna)
- ثَلَاثُونَ (ṯalāṯūna)
- أَرْبَعُونَ (ʾarbaʿūna)
- خَمْسُونَ (ḵamsūna)
- سِتُّونَ (sittūna)
- سَبْعُونَ (sabʿūna)
- ثَمَانُونَ (ṯamānūna)
- تِسْعُونَ (tisʿūna)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Perhaps from or related to Persian ون (van, “ash tree”).
Noun
ون • (ven)
- fruit of the turpentine tree
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2152
Persian
Etymology 1
From English van.
Noun
ون • (van) (plural ونها (van-hâ))
- van
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian wn' (/wan/, “tree”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wán- (“tree, wood”).
Noun
ون • (van)
- (archaic) ash tree
Suffix
ـون • (-ūn)
- Suffix which forms agent nouns.
Derived terms
Persian terms suffixed with ون
Etymology 4
From Arabic ـُونَ (-ūna, nominative plural suffix). See ین (-in) for more.
Suffix
ـون • (-un, -yun)
- (dated, literary) Alternative form of ین (-in, plural suffix), used with nouns ending in ـی (-i).
- انقلابی (enqelâbi, “revolutionary”) + ون → انقلابیون (enqelâbiyun, “revolutionaries”)
- ملی (melli, “nationalist”) + ون → ملیون (melliyun, “nationalists”)
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ون”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “ون”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, pages 1432b