كنت

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See also: کنت and گنت

Arabic

Verb

كنت (form I)

  1. كُنْتُ (kuntu) /kun.tu/: first-person singular past active of كَانَ (kāna)
  2. كُنْتَ (kunta) /kun.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of كَانَ (kāna)
  3. كُنْتِ (kunti) /kun.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of كَانَ (kāna)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older كند (kend), from Proto-Turkic *kend (“town”),[1] a root which ultimately derives from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼻𐼹 (kʾnδ, “town, city”). Compare Old Turkic (kend, “city, settlement”).

Noun

كنت • (kent)

  1. village, a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town
    Synonyms: ده (dih), قریه (karye), كوی (köy)
  2. town, city, any large settlement with shops and a local government
    Synonyms: شهر (şehir), مدینه (medine)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kent

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kend”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 728

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