See also: کون, گون, گؤن, and كۈن

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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
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Descendants edit
  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

كَوَّنَ (kawwana) II, non-past يُكَوِّنُ‎ (yukawwinu)

  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
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Further reading edit

  • Horten, Max (1911), “Was bedeutet al-kaun als philosophischer Terminus? Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Philosophie im Islam”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 65, pages 539–549

Ottoman Turkish edit

Noun edit

كون (gün)

  1. Alternative spelling of گون

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ك و ن
4 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic كَوَّنَ (kawwana).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kaw.wan/, [ˈkaw.wan]
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Verb edit

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

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

Conjugation edit

    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)