ممکن

See also: ممكن

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُمْكِن (mumkin).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mum.ˈkin]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊm.kʰɪ́n]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊm.kʰɪ́n]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mum.kʰín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mom.kʰʲén]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mum.kʰín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mumkin
Dari reading^?	mumkin
Iranian reading^?	momken
Tajik reading^?	mumkin

Adjective


Iranian Persian	ممکن
Dari	ممکن
Tajik	мумкин

مُمکِن • (momken) (comparative مُمکِن‌تَر (momken-tar), superlative مُمکِن‌تَرین (momken-tarin))

possible
Antonyms: غیرِ مُمکِن (ğeyr-e momken), مُحال (mohâl)

(more literary)
momken ast ke fardâ biyâyad.
It is possible that he will come tomorrow.

(more colloquial)
momken-e fardâ biyâd.
It's possible he'll come tomorrow.

(more literary)
momken nist ke dârâ hanuz zende bâšad.
It is not possible that Dara is still alive.

Derived terms

غیرممکن (ğeyr-e-momken, “impossible”)
ممکنات (momkenât, “possibility”)

Related terms

اِمکان (emkân, “possibility”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mümkün
→ Bashkir: мөмкин (mömkin)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मुमकिन (mumkin)

Urdu: مُمْکِن (mumkin)
→ Kazakh: мүмкін (mümkın)
→ Kyrgyz: мүмкүн (mümkün)
→ Tatar: мөмкин (mömkin)
→ Uzbek: mumkin
→ Yagnobi: мумкин (mumkin)

See also

شایَد (šâyad, “can, may”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mumkin), from Arabic مُمْكِن (mumkin).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊm.kɪn/

Adjective

مُمْکِن • (mumkin) (Hindi spelling मुमकिन)

possible
Antonym: نَامُمْکِن (nāmumkin)

Related terms

اِمْکَان (imkān, “possibility”)

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