كون

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See also: کون, گون, گؤن, and كۈن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of the verb كَانَ (kāna, to be), from the root ك و ن (k-w-n).

Pronunciation

Noun

كَوْن (kawnm (plural أَكْوَان (ʔakwān))

  1. verbal noun of كَانَ (kāna) (form I)
  2. being, essence
  3. existence
    الْكَوْنal-kawnreality, the world, the cosmos, the universe
    الْكَوْن الْأَعْلَىal-kawn al-ʔaʕlāthe supreme being, God
  4. event, occurrence, incident
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: kövn (archaic)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كون (kevn)
    • Turkish: kevn (archaic or exists in religious texts)
    • Turkish: kâinat (cosmos) ("evren" is a more contemporary synonym of the same.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

كَوَّنَ (kawwana) II (non-past يُكَوِّنُ (yukawwinu), verbal noun تَكْوِين (takwīn))

  1. to bring into being, to make, to create, to produce, to originate, to bring forth
    Synonym: أَوْجَدَ (ʔawjada)
  2. to formalize, to frame, to form, to shape, to constitute, to compose, to set up, to fashion
Conjugation

Further reading

  • Horten, Max (1911) “Was bedeutet al-kaun als philosophischer Terminus? Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Philosophie im Islam”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 65, pages 539–549

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kün (sun, day).

Noun

گون (gün)

  1. day
  2. sun
    Synonyms: شمش (şems), گونش (güneş), آفتاب (aftab)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Common Turkic *kȫn (tanned skin, leather).

Noun

گون (gön)

  1. hide, leather
Descendants

Etymology 3

From Classical Persian گون (gūn).

Pronunciation

Noun

گون (gûn) (uncommon)

  1. colour
    Synonyms: بویا (boya), رنك (renk)
  2. sort, kind

Etymology 4

From Classical Persian گون (gavan).

Noun

گون (geven)

  1. milkvetch
Descendants

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك و ن
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَوَّنَ (kawwana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaw.wan/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

كَوَّن (kawwan) II (present بكَوَّن (bikawwen))

  1. to form, to make, to make up
    Synonym: شكّل (šakkal)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of كوّن (kawwan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m كوّنت (kawwant) كوّنت (kawwant) كوّن (kawwan) كوّننا (kawwanna) كوّنتو (kawwantu) كوّنو (kawwanu)
f كوّنتي (kawwanti) كوّنت (kawwanat)
present m بكوّن (bakawwen) بتكوّن (bitkawwen) بكوّن (bikawwen) منكوّن (minkawwen) بتكوّنو (bitkawwnu) بكوّنو (bikawwnu)
f بتكوّني (bitkawwni) بتكوّن (bitkawwen)
subjunctive m اكوّن (akawwen) تكوّن (tkawwen) يكوّن (ykawwen) نكوّن (nkawwen) تكوّنو (tkawwnu) يكوّنو (ykawwnu)
f تكوّني (tkawwni) تكوّن (tkawwen)
imperative m كوّن (kawwen) كوّنو (kawwnu)
f كوّني (kawwni)