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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kaːn/

Noun

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

1. place, location, position
2. status, dignity
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)

Synonyms

• (place, location, position): مَكَانَة (makāna), مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ), مَقَام (maqām)
• (status, dignity): مَكَانَة (makāna), مَنْزِلَة (manzila), شَأْن (šaʔn)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: مُكان (mʊkan)
• → Azerbaijani: məkan
• → Kazakh: мекен (meken)
• → Persian: مکان (makân)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مكان (mekan)
  • Turkish: mekan