کن

See also: كن

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪn/

Preposition

کن (kin)

1. (Hewlêr) beside, by, near
2. (Hewlêr) alongside

Malay

Adverb

کن

1. Jawi spelling of kan.‎

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖜 (kaṇṇa), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa), from Sanskrit कर्ण (kárṇa).

Pronunciation

• (phr) IPA^(key): /kənː/, [kɐnˑᵊ]

Noun

کن (kann)

1. ear

Persian

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈkun/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰon]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰun]

Readings
Classical reading?	kun
Dari reading?	kun
Iranian reading?	kon
Tajik reading?	kun

Verb

کن • (kon)

1. present stem form of کردن (kardan)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ken/

Verb

کن • (ken)

1. (dialectal, Mashhad) present stem form of کردن (kardan)

   هر کِه/کی عاشق مِشَه پنهون مِکِنَه مثل اویَه

   har ke/ki 'âšeq meša panhun mekena mesl-e uya

   Whoever is a lover hides the way he/she comes

   (literally, “Anyone who becomes a lover does concealement like he/she comes.”)

Punjabi

Picture dictionary

کن

کھوپڑی

دماغ

اکّھ

بُلھ

نکّ

مونہہ

ٹھوڑی

جباڑا

پٹپڑی

کنّ

گاٹا

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa)

Apabhramsa 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖜 (kaṇṇa)

Punjabi کَنّ

Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖜 (kaṇṇa), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa), from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kənː/, [kɐnˑᵊ]

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Noun

کَنّ • (kann) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੰਨ)

1. (anatomy) ear

Declension

Declension of کن

	singular	plural
direct	کَنّ (kann)	کَنّ (kann)
oblique	کَنّ (kann)	کَنّاں (kannāṉ)
vocative	کَنّا (kannā)	کَنّو (kanno)
ablative	کَنّوں (kannoṉ)	—
locative	کَنّے (kanne)	کَنِّیں (kanniīṉ)
instrumental	کَنّوں (kannoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “کنّ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “کن”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਕੰਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kárṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 144

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖜 (kaṇṇa), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa), from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa). Cognate with Assamese কাণ (kan), Bengali কান (kan), Hindustani कान (kān) / کان (kān), Romani kan and Sindhi ڪن (kanu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənː/

Noun

کَنّ (kann) m (Devanagari कन्न)

1. (anatomy) ear