مكان

See also: مکان

Arabic

Root
ك و ن (k w n)
11 terms

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb كَانَ (kāna). Cognate with Hebrew מָכוֹן (mɔḵōn) and Ge'ez መካን (mäkan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kaːn/

Noun

مَكَان • (makān) m (plural أَمْكِنَة (ʔamkina) or أَمَاكِن (ʔamākin))

1. place, location, position

   Synonyms: مَكَانَة (makāna), مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ), مَقَام (maqām)

2. status, dignity

   Synonyms: مَكَانَة (makāna), مَنْزِلَة (manzila), شَأْن (šaʔn)

3. in place of
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:95:

     ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّى عَفَوْا

     ṯumma baddalnā makāna s-sayyiʔati l-ḥasanata ḥattā ʕafaw

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun مَكَان (makān)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَكَان makān	الْمَكَان al-makān	مَكَان makān
nominative	مَكَانٌ makānun	الْمَكَانُ al-makānu	مَكَانُ makānu
accusative	مَكَانًا makānan	الْمَكَانَ al-makāna	مَكَانَ makāna
genitive	مَكَانٍ makānin	الْمَكَانِ al-makāni	مَكَانِ makāni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَكَانَيْن makānayn	الْمَكَانَيْن al-makānayn	مَكَانَيْ makānay
nominative	مَكَانَانِ makānāni	الْمَكَانَانِ al-makānāni	مَكَانَا makānā
accusative	مَكَانَيْنِ makānayni	الْمَكَانَيْنِ al-makānayni	مَكَانَيْ makānay
genitive	مَكَانَيْنِ makānayni	الْمَكَانَيْنِ al-makānayni	مَكَانَيْ makānay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَمْكِنَة‎; أَمَاكِن ʔamkina‎; ʔamākin	الْأَمْكِنَة‎; الْأَمَاكِن al-ʔamkina‎; al-ʔamākin	أَمْكِنَة‎; أَمَاكِن ʔamkinat‎; ʔamākin
nominative	أَمْكِنَةٌ‎; أَمَاكِنُ ʔamkinatun‎; ʔamākinu	الْأَمْكِنَةُ‎; الْأَمَاكِنُ al-ʔamkinatu‎; al-ʔamākinu	أَمْكِنَةُ‎; أَمَاكِنُ ʔamkinatu‎; ʔamākinu
accusative	أَمْكِنَةً‎; أَمَاكِنَ ʔamkinatan‎; ʔamākina	الْأَمْكِنَةَ‎; الْأَمَاكِنَ al-ʔamkinata‎; al-ʔamākina	أَمْكِنَةَ‎; أَمَاكِنَ ʔamkinata‎; ʔamākina
genitive	أَمْكِنَةٍ‎; أَمَاكِنَ ʔamkinatin‎; ʔamākina	الْأَمْكِنَةِ‎; الْأَمَاكِنِ al-ʔamkinati‎; al-ʔamākini	أَمْكِنَةِ‎; أَمَاكِنِ ʔamkinati‎; ʔamākini

Derived terms

• مَكَانَكَ (makānaka)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: مُكان (mukān)
• Maltese: mkien
• Moroccan Arabic: مكان (mkān)
• Sudanese Arabic: بكان (bakān)
  • Nubi: bakan
• → Azerbaijani: məkan
• → Crimean Tatar: mekân
• → Kazakh: мекен (meken)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مكان (meḱan)
  • Turkish: mekân
• → Persian: مکان (makân)
  • → Bengali: মকান (mokan)
  • → Gujarati: મકાન (makān)
  • → Hindustani:

    Urdu: مکان

    Hindi: मकान (makān)

  • → Kashmiri: مَکان (makān)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮਕਾਨ (makān)

    Shahmukhi script: مَکان (makān)

• → Turkmen: mekan
• → Uzbek: makon

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ك و ن
2 terms

Etymology

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Arabic مَكَان (makān)

Moroccan Arabic مكان

Inherited from Arabic مَكَان (makān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mkaːn/

Noun

مكان • (mkān) m (plural مكاين (mkāyin))

1. place

   Synonyms: بلاصة (blāṣa), موضع (mawṭaʕ or mawḍaʕ or mūṭaʕ or mūḍaʕ), محل (maḥall)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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Arabic مَكَان (makān)bor.

Ottoman Turkish مكان

Borrowed from Arabic مَكَان (makān).

Noun

مكان • (mekân) (definite accusative مكانی (mekânı), plural اماكن (emâkin) or امكنه (emkine))

1. place, location, position, spot, a particular point in physical space

   Synonyms: اورون (orun), محل (mahal), یر (yer)

2. abode, residence, dwelling, a house or place in which a person lives

   Synonym: مسكن (mesken)

Derived terms

• مكان رفیع (mekân-ı refiʼ, “exalted position”)
• مكان طوتمق (mekân tutmak, “to settle, establish oneself”)
• مكانلانمق (mekânlanmak, “to settle in a place”)
• مكانی (mekâni, “pertaining to a place, local”)

Descendants

• Turkish: mekân

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mekân”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3116
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “mekân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 721
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مكان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1214
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Domicilium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, columns 425-426
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مكان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4858
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mekân”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مكان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1952

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك و ن
4 terms

Etymology

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Arabic مَكَان (makān)

South Levantine Arabic مكان

Inherited from Arabic مَكَان (makān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kaːn/, [maˈkæːn], [maˈkaːn]

• Audio (Amman):

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Noun

مكان • (makān) m (plural أماكن (ʔamāken))

1. place

   Synonyms: محل (maḥall), مطرح (maṭraḥ)