مكان

See also: مکان‎

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb كَانَ‎ (kāna, “to be”), from the root ك و ن‎ (k-w-n). Cognate with Ge'ez መካን (mäkan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kaːn/

Noun

مَكَان • (makān) m (plural أَمْكِنَة‎ (ʾamkina) or أَمَاكِن‎ (ʾamākin))

1. place, location, position

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

2. status, dignity

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

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

     ‏ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّى عَفَوْا‎

     ṯumma baddalnā makāna s-sayyiʾati l-ḥasanata ḥattā ʿafaw

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

4. [[Literal translation: and then, (i) we (ii) changed (in place) (iii) the a bad instance/deed (iv) with a good instance/deed (v) until, (vi) indirectly mentioned actor, plural, conscious, willing, acting on group consensus, however the institution validating that an indivdual from that group is representive is hidden from view since the ' ا ' is silent at the suffix of the verb (vii) they forgave or they became pure or amicable or amnesty-laden]]
5. Normal translation: and then we're ever we saw that someone or something was wronged, we replaced the injury with good until it was good (present, potentially continuous, if God wills it)

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 ʾamkina‎; ʾamākin	الْأَمْكِنَة‎‎; الْأَمَاكِن‎ al-ʾamkina‎; al-ʾamākin	أَمْكِنَة‎‎; أَمَاكِن‎ ʾamkinat‎; ʾamākin
Nominative	أَمْكِنَةٌ‎‎; أَمَاكِنُ‎ ʾamkinatun‎; ʾamākinu	الْأَمْكِنَةُ‎‎; الْأَمَاكِنُ‎ al-ʾamkinatu‎; al-ʾamākinu	أَمْكِنَةُ‎‎; أَمَاكِنُ‎ ʾamkinatu‎; ʾamākinu
Accusative	أَمْكِنَةً‎‎; أَمَاكِنَ‎ ʾamkinatan‎; ʾamākina	الْأَمْكِنَةَ‎‎; الْأَمَاكِنَ‎ al-ʾamkinata‎; al-ʾamākina	أَمْكِنَةَ‎‎; أَمَاكِنَ‎ ʾamkinata‎; ʾamākina
Genitive	أَمْكِنَةٍ‎‎; أَمَاكِنَ‎ ʾamkinatin‎; ʾamākina	الْأَمْكِنَةِ‎‎; الْأَمَاكِنِ‎ al-ʾamkinati‎; al-ʾamākini	أَمْكِنَةِ‎‎; أَمَاكِنِ‎ ʾamkinati‎; ʾamākini

Derived terms

• مَكَانَكَ‎ (makānaka)

Descendants

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

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Moroccan Arabic

Root
ك و ن‎

Etymology

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)

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَان‎ (makān).

Noun

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

1. place

Descendants

• Turkish: mekân

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مكان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1214

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك و ن‎

Etymology

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)