مكان

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ك و ن(k-w-n)

Etymology[edit]

Noun of place from the verb كَانَ(kāna, to be). Cognate with Ge'ez መካን (mäkan). See also Hebrew מכון(makhón, established place”, “institution).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مَكَان (makānm (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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Gulf Arabic: مُكان(mukān)
  • Maltese: mkien
  • Moroccan Arabic: مكان(mkān)
  • Bengali: মকান (mokan)
  • Azerbaijani: məkan
  • Kazakh: мекен (meken)
  • Ottoman Turkish: مكان(meḱan)
  • Persian: مکان(makân)

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Root
ك و ن
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَكَان(makān).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مكان (mkānm (plural مكاين(mkāyin))

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

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَكَان(makān).

Noun[edit]

مكان (meḱan) (definite accusative مكانی(meḱanı), plural اماكن(emakin) or امكنه(emkine))

  1. place

Descendants[edit]

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South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ك و ن
4 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَكَان(makān).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

مكان (makānm (plural أماكن(ʔamāken))

  1. place
    Synonyms: محل(maḥall), مطرح(maṭraḥ)