/kan.ˈʔaːn/, [kʰän.ʔɑ́ːn], [kʰän.ʔɑ́ːn]
OriginBorrowed from Arabic كَنْعَان (kanʕān).
- Canaan
“14th-century, Hafez, "From Canaan Joseph Shall Return", Divan-e Hafez
یوسف گمگشته بازآید به کنعان غم مخور
کلبهٔ احزان شود روزی گلستان غم مخور
yusof-e gomgašte bâz-âyad be kan'ân, ğam maxor
kolbe-ye ah” — Joseph (i.e. The son of the Jewish patriarch, Jacob), who was a thing lost, returned to Canaan, (therefore) Bury your anxiety. The cottage of sorrows becomes the daily bread of the garden, (therefore)
Formskan'ān(romanization) · kan'ân(romanization) · spelling Канъон(Tajik)