Can

"Can" in Arabic

تنكة

tánake

(a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

تنكة

tánake

(a tin-plate canister)

صَفِيحَة

ṣafīḥa

(a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

صَفِيحَة

ṣafīḥa

(a tin-plate canister)

علبة

ʕulbe, ʕilbe

(a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

علبة

ʕulbe

(a tin-plate canister)

أَمْكَنَ

ʔamkana

(to be able to; to know how to)

اِسْتَطَاعَ

istaṭāʕa

(to be able to; to know how to)

اِسْتَطَاعَ

istaṭāʕa

(may)

قدر

ʔadar

(to be able to; to know how to)

قدر

ʔidir

(to be able to; to know how to)

قدر

ʔídir

(to be able to; to know how to)

قَدَرَ

qadara

(to be able to; to know how to)

مُمْكِن

mumkin

(may)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.