Wiktionary

كنت

See also: کنت and گنت

Arabic edit

Verb edit

كُنْتُ • (kuntu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular past active of كَانَ (kāna)

Verb edit

كُنْتَ • (kunta) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular past active of كَانَ (kāna)

Verb edit

كُنْتِ • (kunti) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular past active of كَانَ (kāna)

Ottoman Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From older كند (kend), from Proto-Turkic *kend (“town”),[1] a root which ultimately derives from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼻𐼹 (kʾnδ, “town, city”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (kend, “city, settlement”).

Noun edit

كنت • (kent)

  1. village, a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town
    Synonyms: ده (dıh), قریه (karye), كوی (köy)
  2. town, city, any large settlement with shops and a local government
    Synonyms: شهر (şehir), مدینه (medine)

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: kent

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kend”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 728

Further reading edit

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