كون

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

IPA^(key): /kawn/

Noun

كَوْن • (kawn) m (plural أَكْوَان (ʔakwān))

verbal noun of كَانَ (kāna) (form I)
being, essence
existence
الْكَوْن ― al-kawn ― reality, the world, the cosmos, the universe

الْكَوْن الْأَعْلَى ― al-kawn al-ʔaʕlā ― the supreme being, God
event, occurrence, incident

Declension

Declension of noun كَوْن (kawn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوْن kawn	الْكَوْن al-kawn	كَوْن kawn
Nominative	كَوْنٌ kawnun	الْكَوْنُ al-kawnu	كَوْنُ kawnu
Accusative	كَوْنًا kawnan	الْكَوْنَ al-kawna	كَوْنَ kawna
Genitive	كَوْنٍ kawnin	الْكَوْنِ al-kawni	كَوْنِ kawni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوْنَيْن kawnayn	الْكَوْنَيْن al-kawnayn	كَوْنَيْ kawnay
Nominative	كَوْنَانِ kawnāni	الْكَوْنَانِ al-kawnāni	كَوْنَا kawnā
Accusative	كَوْنَيْنِ kawnayni	الْكَوْنَيْنِ al-kawnayni	كَوْنَيْ kawnay
Genitive	كَوْنَيْنِ kawnayni	الْكَوْنَيْنِ al-kawnayni	كَوْنَيْ kawnay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَكْوَان ʔakwān	الْأَكْوَان al-ʔakwān	أَكْوَان ʔakwān
Nominative	أَكْوَانٌ ʔakwānun	الْأَكْوَانُ al-ʔakwānu	أَكْوَانُ ʔakwānu
Accusative	أَكْوَانًا ʔakwānan	الْأَكْوَانَ al-ʔakwāna	أَكْوَانَ ʔakwāna
Genitive	أَكْوَانٍ ʔakwānin	الْأَكْوَانِ al-ʔakwāni	أَكْوَانِ ʔakwāni

Synonyms

(verbal noun): كَيْنُونَة (kaynūna), كِيَان (kiyān)

Related terms

كَانَ (kāna)
كَوْنِيّ (kawniyy)

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

IPA^(key): /kaw.wa.na/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of كَوَّنَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَكْوِين)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					تَكْوِين takwīn
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُكَوِّن mukawwin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُكَوَّن mukawwan
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	كَوَّنْتُ kawwantu	كَوَّنْتَ kawwanta	كَوَّنَ kawwana	كَوَّنْتُمَا kawwantumā	كَوَّنَا kawwanā	كَوَّنَّا kawwannā	كَوَّنْتُمْ kawwantum	كَوَّنُوا kawwanū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	كَوَّنْتُ kawwantu	كَوَّنْتِ kawwanti	كَوَّنَتْ kawwanat	كَوَّنْتُمَا kawwantumā	كَوَّنَتَا kawwanatā	كَوَّنَّا kawwannā	كَوَّنْتُنَّ kawwantunna	كَوَّنَّ kawwanna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُكَوِّنُ ʔukawwinu	تُكَوِّنُ tukawwinu	يُكَوِّنُ yukawwinu	تُكَوِّنَانِ tukawwināni	يُكَوِّنَانِ yukawwināni	نُكَوِّنُ nukawwinu	تُكَوِّنُونَ tukawwinūna	يُكَوِّنُونَ yukawwinūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُكَوِّنُ ʔukawwinu	تُكَوِّنِينَ tukawwinīna	تُكَوِّنُ tukawwinu	تُكَوِّنَانِ tukawwināni	تُكَوِّنَانِ tukawwināni	نُكَوِّنُ nukawwinu	تُكَوِّنَّ tukawwinna	يُكَوِّنَّ yukawwinna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُكَوِّنَ ʔukawwina	تُكَوِّنَ tukawwina	يُكَوِّنَ yukawwina	تُكَوِّنَا tukawwinā	يُكَوِّنَا yukawwinā	نُكَوِّنَ nukawwina	تُكَوِّنُوا tukawwinū	يُكَوِّنُوا yukawwinū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُكَوِّنَ ʔukawwina	تُكَوِّنِي tukawwinī	تُكَوِّنَ tukawwina	تُكَوِّنَا tukawwinā	تُكَوِّنَا tukawwinā	نُكَوِّنَ nukawwina	تُكَوِّنَّ tukawwinna	يُكَوِّنَّ yukawwinna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُكَوِّنْ ʔukawwin	تُكَوِّنْ tukawwin	يُكَوِّنْ yukawwin	تُكَوِّنَا tukawwinā	يُكَوِّنَا yukawwinā	نُكَوِّنْ nukawwin	تُكَوِّنُوا tukawwinū	يُكَوِّنُوا yukawwinū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُكَوِّنْ ʔukawwin	تُكَوِّنِي tukawwinī	تُكَوِّنْ tukawwin	تُكَوِّنَا tukawwinā	تُكَوِّنَا tukawwinā	نُكَوِّنْ nukawwin	تُكَوِّنَّ tukawwinna	يُكَوِّنَّ yukawwinna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		كَوِّنْ kawwin		كَوِّنَا kawwinā			كَوِّنُوا kawwinū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		كَوِّنِي kawwinī		كَوِّنَا kawwinā			كَوِّنَّ kawwinna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	كُوِّنْتُ kuwwintu	كُوِّنْتَ kuwwinta	كُوِّنَ kuwwina	كُوِّنْتُمَا kuwwintumā	كُوِّنَا kuwwinā	كُوِّنَّا kuwwinnā	كُوِّنْتُمْ kuwwintum	كُوِّنُوا kuwwinū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	كُوِّنْتُ kuwwintu	كُوِّنْتِ kuwwinti	كُوِّنَتْ kuwwinat	كُوِّنْتُمَا kuwwintumā	كُوِّنَتَا kuwwinatā	كُوِّنَّا kuwwinnā	كُوِّنْتُنَّ kuwwintunna	كُوِّنَّ kuwwinna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُكَوَّنُ ʔukawwanu	تُكَوَّنُ tukawwanu	يُكَوَّنُ yukawwanu	تُكَوَّنَانِ tukawwanāni	يُكَوَّنَانِ yukawwanāni	نُكَوَّنُ nukawwanu	تُكَوَّنُونَ tukawwanūna	يُكَوَّنُونَ yukawwanūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُكَوَّنُ ʔukawwanu	تُكَوَّنِينَ tukawwanīna	تُكَوَّنُ tukawwanu	تُكَوَّنَانِ tukawwanāni	تُكَوَّنَانِ tukawwanāni	نُكَوَّنُ nukawwanu	تُكَوَّنَّ tukawwanna	يُكَوَّنَّ yukawwanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُكَوَّنَ ʔukawwana	تُكَوَّنَ tukawwana	يُكَوَّنَ yukawwana	تُكَوَّنَا tukawwanā	يُكَوَّنَا yukawwanā	نُكَوَّنَ nukawwana	تُكَوَّنُوا tukawwanū	يُكَوَّنُوا yukawwanū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُكَوَّنَ ʔukawwana	تُكَوَّنِي tukawwanī	تُكَوَّنَ tukawwana	تُكَوَّنَا tukawwanā	تُكَوَّنَا tukawwanā	نُكَوَّنَ nukawwana	تُكَوَّنَّ tukawwanna	يُكَوَّنَّ yukawwanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُكَوَّنْ ʔukawwan	تُكَوَّنْ tukawwan	يُكَوَّنْ yukawwan	تُكَوَّنَا tukawwanā	يُكَوَّنَا yukawwanā	نُكَوَّنْ nukawwan	تُكَوَّنُوا tukawwanū	يُكَوَّنُوا yukawwanū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُكَوَّنْ ʔukawwan	تُكَوَّنِي tukawwanī	تُكَوَّنْ tukawwan	تُكَوَّنَا tukawwanā	تُكَوَّنَا tukawwanā	نُكَوَّنْ nukawwan	تُكَوَّنَّ tukawwanna	يُكَوَّنَّ yukawwanna

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun, day”).

Noun

گون • (gün)

day
sun
Synonyms: شمش (şems), گونش (güneş), آفتاب (aftab)

Derived terms

گون چیچكی (gün çiçeği, “sunflower”)

Descendants

Turkish: gün

Etymology 2

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

Noun

گون • (gön)

hide, leather

Descendants

Turkish: gön
→ Bulgarian: гьон (gjon)
→ Macedonian: ѓон (ǵon)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ђо̏н

Latin script: đȍn

Etymology 3

From Classical Persian (gūn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɟuːn/

Noun

گون • (gûn) (uncommon)

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

Etymology 4

From Classical Persian (gavan).

Noun

گون • (geven)

milkvetch

Descendants

Turkish: geven
→ Armenian: գեւեն (gewen)

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, pages 1060b–1061a
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كون”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, columns 4094–4095

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))

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

Conjugation

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

كون

Contents

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Further reading

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Descendants

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

Descendants

References

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

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