قن

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See also: فن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Compare the widespread Aramaic ܩܸܢܵܐ / קִנָא / קֵינָא (qennā, nest; animal burrow; any cluster; family of an animal), Hebrew קֵן (qēn, nest), Akkadian 𒆥𒉡 (qinnu, nest; lair; family of an animal). Since this term is spread chiefly in Asiatic Arabic north of Najd, it is probably a continuation of the Aramaic. It is further connected back to Akkadian qanû (to keep, to buy, to acquire), itself with relations to Akkadian 𒂵𒈾𒉡 (ganānu, to confine, especially a person or living thing), and Akkadian 𒅗𒈾𒉡 (kanānu, to twist or coil, to wrap up an object or possession), of Proto-Semitic origin denoting concepts of crafting, to acquire or make, building up, to establish or make stay.

Noun

قُنّ (qunnm (plural قِنَان (qinān))

  1. coop for domestic birds to be fattened, pen for poultry, brooding cage, henhouse, pigeon’s home and the like
    Synonyms: خُمّ (ḵumm), خُنّ (ḵunn), كِرْس (kirs), زَرِيبَة (zarība), مَدَجّ (madajj)
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Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Connected to ق ن ي (q-n-y) meaning to acquire or keep; for more see above.

Noun

قِنّ (qinnm or f (plural أَقْنَان (ʔaqnān) or أَقِنَّة (ʔaqinna))

  1. slave, serf or a particular kind of slave or serf or enslaved possession, one that is kept or acquired
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Etymology 3

Uncertain with multiple correlations suggesting doublets of a similar term. A variation of قِمَّة (qimma) denoting a heap or pile, to scrape together into a vertex. Alternatively, a variant of قِنّ (qinn), a clipping of قِنِّينَة (qinnīna); literally a bottle or flask by comparison to its narrowing as it rises. Compare also قُلَّة (qulla) which may have a similar conception as its source or alternative from its smallness at the tip, its narrowing.

Noun

قُنّ (qunnm

  1. Alternative form of قُنَّة (qunna), summit, small mountain
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References

  • qn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • قن” in Almaany
  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 360–364
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 407b
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 501a
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قن”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 847b
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1058
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 925