کائنات

Persian

Alternative forms

• کاینات (kâyenât)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَائِنَات (kāʔināt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaː.ʔi.ˈnaːt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.ʔɪ.nɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.ʔɪ.nɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.jɪ.nɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.ji.nɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒː.ʔe.nɒ́ːt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔ.ʔi.nɔ́t̪]

• Rhymes: -aːt

Readings
Classical reading?	kā'ināt
Dari reading?	kā'ināt
Iranian reading?	kâ'enât
Tajik reading?	ko'inot

Noun

Dari	کائنات
Iranian Persian
Tajik	коинот

کائنات • (kâ'enât)

1. universe

Descendants

• → Bengali: কায়েনাত (kaẏenat)
• → Hindi: कायनात (kāynāt)
• → Urdu: کَائِنَات (kāināt)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کائنات (kâ'inât), itself from Arabic كَائِنَات (kāʔināt), the plural form of كَائِن (kāʔin).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɪ.nɑːt̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪
• Hyphenation: کا‧ءِ‧نات

Noun

کائِنات • (kāināt) f (Hindi spelling कायनात)

1. the universe

   Synonyms: جَہان (jahān), عالَم (ʻālam)

2. (in the plural) creatures; beings

Declension

Declension of کائنات

	singular	plural
direct	کائِنات (kāināt)	کائِناتیں (kāinātẽ)
oblique	کائِنات (kāināt)	کائِناتوں (kāinātõ)
vocative	کائِنات (kāināt)	کائِناتو (kāināto)

Proper noun

کائِنات • (kāināt) f (Hindi spelling कायनात)

1. a female given name

Further reading

• “کائنات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کائنات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کائنات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu کائنات (kāināt).

Noun

کائنات (kāināt)

1. world, universe