Arabic

edit
Root
ق ر ن (q r n)
6 terms

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /qaː.ra.na/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

edit

قَارَنَ (qārana) III, non-past يُقَارِنُ‎ (yuqārinu)

  1. (transitive) to become associated with [with accusative ‘what’]
  2. (transitive) to appear together with [with accusative ‘what’]
  3. (transitive) to juxtapose, to compare [with accusative ‘what’ and بِ (bi) ‘with what’]
    Synonym: وَازَنَ (wāzana)

Conjugation

edit

References

edit
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قارن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 435
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قارن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1020–1021

Hijazi Arabic

edit
Root
ق ر ن
3 terms

Etymology

edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَارَنَ (qārana).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ɡaː.ran/, [qaː.ran]

Verb

edit

قارن (gāran) III (non-past يِقَارِن (yigārin))

  1. to compare

Conjugation

edit
    Conjugation of قارن (gāran)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قارنت (gārant) قارنت (gārant) قارن (gāran) قارننا (gāranna) قارنتوا (gārantu) قارنوا (gāranu)
f قارنتي (gāranti) قارنت (gāranat)
non-past m أقارن (ʔagārin) تقارن (tigārin) يقارن (yigārin) نقارن (nigārin) تقارنوا (tigārnu) يقارنوا (yigārnu)
f تقارني (tigārni) تقارن (tigārin)
imperative m قارن (gārin) قارنوا (gārnu)
f قارني (gārni)

Ottoman Turkish

edit
 
قارن

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kạrïn (belly, abdomen); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺𐰣 (qr¹n¹ /⁠qarïn⁠/), Azerbaijani qarın, Bashkir ҡарын (qarın), Chuvash хырӑм (hyrăm), Kazakh қарын (qaryn), Kyrgyz карын (karın), Tatar qarın, Turkmen garyn and Uzbek qorin.

Noun

edit

قارن (karın) (definitive accusative قارنی (karnı))

  1. belly, abdomen, the part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis
    Synonyms: بطن (batın), شكم (şikem)
  2. (colloquial) stomach, the organ in the body that stores food
    Synonyms: قورساق (kursak), معده (mi'de)
  3. (colloquial) womb, the organ in which the young are conceived
    Synonym: رحم (rahim)
  4. (by extension) the part of anything which resembles the human belly
  5. hull, the round and protuberant frame of a vessel or ship

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Turkish: karın

Further reading

edit

Persian

edit

Etymology

edit

Ultimately from Parthian 𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉 (krny /⁠Kārēn⁠/), whence also Old Armenian Կարէն (Karēn).

Pronunciation

edit
 

Readings
Classical reading? qāran
Dari reading? qāran
Iranian reading? ğâran
Tajik reading? qoran

Proper noun

edit

قارن (qâran)

  1. (Iranian mythology) Qaran, an Iranian paladin, a character in Shahnameh
  2. Karen, a Parthian feudal family

Derived terms

edit

See also

edit

Further reading

edit
  • Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 55a
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Կարէն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 24) (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 613–614

South Levantine Arabic

edit
Root
ق ر ن
1 term

Etymology

edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَارَنَ (qārana).

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

قارن (qāran) III (present بقارن (biqāren))

  1. to compare

Conjugation

edit
    Conjugation of قارن (qāran)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قارنت (qārant) قارنت (qārant) قارن (qāran) قارننا (qāranna) قارنتو (qārantu) قارنو (qāranu)
f قارنتي (qāranti) قارنت (qāranat)
present m بقارن (baqāren) بتقارن (bitqāren) بقارن (biqāren) منقارن (minqāren) بتقارنو (bitqārnu) بقارنو (biqārnu)
f بتقارني (bitqārni) بتقارن (bitqāren)
subjunctive m اقارن (aqāren) تقارن (tqāren) يقارن (yqāren) نقارن (nqāren) تقارنو (tqārnu) يقارنو (yqārnu)
f تقارني (tqārni) تقارن (tqāren)
imperative m قارن (qāren) قارنو (qārnu)
f قارني (qārni)