مكان

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Arabic

Root
ك و ن (k-w-n)

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb كَانَ (kāna, “to be”). Cognate with Ge'ez መካን (mäkan). See also Hebrew מכון (makhón, “established place”, “institution”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. place, location, position
    Synonyms: مَكَانَة (makāna), مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ), مَقَام (maqām)
  2. status, dignity
    Synonyms: مَكَانَة (makāna), مَنْزِلَة (manzila), شَأْن (šaʔn)
  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

Descendants

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ك و ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَان (makān).

Pronunciation

Noun

مكان • (mkān) m (plural مكاين (mkāyin))

  1. place
    Synonyms: بلاصة (blāṣa), موضع (mawṭaʕ or mawḍaʕ or mūṭaʕ or mūḍaʕ), محل (maḥall)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَكَان (makān, “place, location”), noun of place from the verb كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).

Noun

مكان • (mekân) (definite accusative مكانی (mekânı), plural اماكن (emâkin) or امكنه (emkine))

  1. place, location, position, spot, a particular point in physical space
    Synonyms: اورون (orun), محل (mahal), یر (yer)
  2. abode, residence, dwelling, a house or place in which a person lives
    Synonym: مسكن (mesken)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك و ن
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَان (makān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.kaːn/, ,
  • Audio (Amman)(file)

Noun

مكان • (makān) m (plural أماكن (ʔamāken))

  1. place
    Synonyms: محل (maḥall), مطرح (maṭraḥ)
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