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فَنّان
artist /fanˈnaːn/
nounB1#2362 most common
Also: painter, performer, virtuoso
Example sentences
هُوَ فَنَّانٌ.
He is an artist.
أَبِي فَنَّانٌ مَشْهُورٌ.
My father is a famous artist.
الفَنَّانُ يَرْسُمُ لَوْحَةً جَمِيلَةً فِي الحَدِيقَةِ.
The artist is painting a beautiful picture in the garden.
تَعَرَّفْتُ عَلَى فَنَّانٍ تَشْكِيلِيٍّ يَسْتَخْدِمُ الأَلْوَانَ بِطَرِيقَةٍ غَيْرِ تَقْلِيدِيَّةٍ.
I met a visual artist who uses colors in an unconventional way.
يُعَدُّ هَذَا الفَنَّانُ مِنْ أَبْرَزِ الفَنَّانِينَ الَّذِينَ أَثَّرُوا فِي الحَرَكَةِ التَّشْكِيلِيَّةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ الحَدِيثَةِ.
This artist is considered one of the most prominent artists who influenced the modern Arab visual art movement.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ النَّجَاحِ التِّجَارِيِّ الَّذِي حَقَّقَهُ، ظَلَّ الفَنَّانُ وَفِيًّا لِرُؤْيَتِهِ الفَنِّيَّةِ الأَصِيلَةِ رَافِضًا أَيَّ مُسَاوَمَةٍ عَلَى جَوْدَةِ أَعْمَالِهِ.
Despite the commercial success he achieved, the artist remained faithful to his original artistic vision, refusing any compromise on the quality of his work.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَنَّانٌ | فَنَّانُونَ |
| Genitive | فَنَّانٍ | فَنَّانِينَ |
| Accusative | فَنَّاناً | فَنَّانِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا فَنَّانُ | يَا فَنَّانُونَ |
Word family
فَنّart, skill
فَنِّيّtechnical, artistic
فَنَّانَةfemale artist
فُنُونarts (plural of fann)
تَفَنَّنَto be skillfully creative, to excel
Etymology
Fannān comes from the Arabic root f-n-n, the same root behind fann, meaning art or skill. The word follows the fa''āl pattern, a common template in Arabic that marks someone who practices a craft habitually or professionally. So fannān literally marks a person defined by their command of fann. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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