See also: كون, گون, and گؤنعل

Central Kurdish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

کون (kun)

  1. hole (a through opening)

Chagatai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kün.

Noun edit

کون (kün)

  1. the sun
  2. day

Descendants edit

  • Uyghur: كۈن (kün)
  • Uzbek: kun

References edit

  • Schluessel, Eric (2018) “کون”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources[1], Michigan Publishing, page 44
  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “کون”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[2] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 477

Kipchak edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kün.

Noun edit

کون (kün)

  1. the sun
  2. day

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Garkavec, A. N. (2018) “kün”, in Kypčakskij slovarʹ. Po armjanopisʹmennym pamjatnikam XVI—XVII vekov [Kipchak dictionary. Based on the monuments of 16–17th centuries written in the Armenian script]‎[3] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Almaty: BAUR, →ISBN, page 766
  • Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert[4], Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 28

Persian edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian: [script needed] (kūn) (anus). Cognate with Northern Kurdish qûn (anus), Northern Kurdish kun (hole) Khotanese khūṇā- (hole), Pashto Kuna,Kwëna (Ass,Anus)

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? kūn
Dari reading? kūn
Iranian reading? kun
Tajik reading? kun

Noun edit

کون (kun)

  1. (vulgar) anus
  2. (vulgar) arse, ass
Inflection edit
    Possessive forms of کون (kun)
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”)
کونم
(kunam)
کون‌هایم
(kun-hấyam)
کون‌هام، کونام
(kunấm)
2nd person singular
(“your”)
کونت
(kunat)
[Term?]
(kunet)
کون‌هایت
(kun-hấyat)
کون‌هات، کونات
(kunất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
کونش
(kunaš)
[Term?]
(kuneš)
کون‌هایش
(kun-hấyaš)
کون‌هاش، کوناش
(kunấš)
1st plural
(“our”)
کونمان
(kunemân)
کونمون
(kunemun)
کون‌هایمان
(kun-hấyemân)
کون‌هامون، کونامون
(kunấmun)
2nd plural
(“your”)
کونتان
(kunetân)
کونتون
(kunetun)
کون‌هایتان
(kun-hấyetân)
کون‌هاتون، کوناتون
(kunấtun)
3rd plural
(“their”)
کونشان
(kunešân)
کونشون
(kunešun)
کون‌هایشان
(kun-hấyešân)
کون‌هاشون، کوناشون
(kunấšun)
Colloquial.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

کون (kun, kŭn)

  1. (dialectal, Isfahan) present stem of کردن
    بوکون!
    Do it!

Etymology 3 edit

From Arabic كَوْن (kawn).

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? kawn
Dari reading? kawn
Iranian reading? kown
Tajik reading? kavn

Noun edit

کون (kown)

  1. existence
  2. creation
Derived terms edit

Sindhi edit

Postposition edit

کون (khon) (Devanagari खां)

  1. from, out of

Urdu edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit कोण (koṇa).

Noun edit

کون (konm (Hindi spelling कोण)

  1. corner
  2. angle

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa कवण (kavaṇa), from Sanskrit कः पुनर् (kaḥ punar, who). Compare Gujarati કોણ (koṇ), Marathi कोण (koṇ), Assamese কোন (kün).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

کَون (kaun) (Hindi spelling कौन)

  1. subjective interrogative pronoun used to refer to persons: who
    کَون بول رَہے ہَیں؟
    kaun bol rahe ha͠i?
    Who is speaking?
Inflection edit

Singular:


Plural (formal):


Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian کون (kūn).

Noun edit

کُون (kūnf (Hindi spelling कून)

  1. fundament
  2. (vulgar) arse
  3. (vulgar) anus

Ushojo edit

Etymology edit

From Shina کوݨ (koṇ).

Noun edit

کون (kon)

  1. ear