مكان

See also: مکان

Arabic

Root
ك و ن (k-w-n)

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb كَانَ (kāna, “to be”). Cognate with Ge'ez መካን (mäkan). See also Hebrew מכון (makhón, “established place”, “institution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kaːn/

Noun

مَكَان • (makān) m (plural أَمْكِنَة (ʔamkina) or أَمَاكِن (ʔamākin))

1. place, location, position

   Synonyms: مَكَانَة (makāna), مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ), مَقَام (maqām)

2. status, dignity

   Synonyms: مَكَانَة (makāna), مَنْزِلَة (manzila), شَأْن (šaʔn)

3. in place of
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:95:

     ثُمَّ بَدَّلْنَا مَكَانَ ٱلسَّيِّئَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةَ حَتَّى عَفَوْا

     ṯumma baddalnā makāna s-sayyiʔati l-ḥasanata ḥattā ʕafaw

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun مَكَان (makān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكَان makān	الْمَكَان al-makān	مَكَان makān
Nominative	مَكَانٌ makānun	الْمَكَانُ al-makānu	مَكَانُ makānu
Accusative	مَكَانًا makānan	الْمَكَانَ al-makāna	مَكَانَ makāna
Genitive	مَكَانٍ makānin	الْمَكَانِ al-makāni	مَكَانِ makāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكَانَيْن makānayn	الْمَكَانَيْن al-makānayn	مَكَانَيْ makānay
Nominative	مَكَانَانِ makānāni	الْمَكَانَانِ al-makānāni	مَكَانَا makānā
Accusative	مَكَانَيْنِ makānayni	الْمَكَانَيْنِ al-makānayni	مَكَانَيْ makānay
Genitive	مَكَانَيْنِ makānayni	الْمَكَانَيْنِ al-makānayni	مَكَانَيْ makānay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمْكِنَة‎; أَمَاكِن ʔamkina‎; ʔamākin	الْأَمْكِنَة‎; الْأَمَاكِن al-ʔamkina‎; al-ʔamākin	أَمْكِنَة‎; أَمَاكِن ʔamkinat‎; ʔamākin
Nominative	أَمْكِنَةٌ‎; أَمَاكِنُ ʔamkinatun‎; ʔamākinu	الْأَمْكِنَةُ‎; الْأَمَاكِنُ al-ʔamkinatu‎; al-ʔamākinu	أَمْكِنَةُ‎; أَمَاكِنُ ʔamkinatu‎; ʔamākinu
Accusative	أَمْكِنَةً‎; أَمَاكِنَ ʔamkinatan‎; ʔamākina	الْأَمْكِنَةَ‎; الْأَمَاكِنَ al-ʔamkinata‎; al-ʔamākina	أَمْكِنَةَ‎; أَمَاكِنَ ʔamkinata‎; ʔamākina
Genitive	أَمْكِنَةٍ‎; أَمَاكِنَ ʔamkinatin‎; ʔamākina	الْأَمْكِنَةِ‎; الْأَمَاكِنِ al-ʔamkinati‎; al-ʔamākini	أَمْكِنَةِ‎; أَمَاكِنِ ʔamkinati‎; ʔamākini

Derived terms

• مَكَانَكَ (makānaka)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: مُكان (mukān)
• Maltese: mkien
• Moroccan Arabic: مكان (mkān)
• Sudanese Arabic: بكان (bakān)
  • Nubi: bakan
• → Bengali: মকান (mokan)
• → Azerbaijani: məkan
• → Crimean Tatar: mekân
• → Kazakh: мекен (meken)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مكان (meḱan)
  • Turkish: mekân
• → Persian: مکان (makân)
  • → Punjabi: ਮਕਾਨ (makān)
• → Uzbek: makon

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ك و ن
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَان (makān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mkaːn/

Noun

مكان • (mkān) m (plural مكاين (mkāyin))

1. place

   Synonyms: بلاصة (blāṣa), موضع (mawṭaʕ or mawḍaʕ or mūṭaʕ or mūḍaʕ), محل (maḥall)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَكَان (makān, “place, location”), noun of place from the verb كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).

Noun

مكان • (mekân) (definite accusative مكانی (mekânı), plural اماكن (emâkin) or امكنه (emkine))

1. place, location, position, spot, a particular point in physical space

   Synonyms: اورون (orun), محل (mahal), یر (yer)

2. abode, residence, dwelling, a house or place in which a person lives

   Synonym: مسكن (mesken)

Derived terms

• مكان رفیع (mekân-ı refiʼ, “exalted position”)
• مكان طوتمق (mekân tutmak, “to settle, establish oneself”)
• مكانلانمق (mekânlanmak, “to settle in a place”)
• مكانی (mekâni, “pertaining to a place, local”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: mekân

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mekân”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3116
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mekân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 721
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مكان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1214
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Domicilium”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, columns 425-426
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مكان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4858
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mekân”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مكان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1952

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك و ن
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَان (makān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kaːn/, [maˈkæːn], [maˈkaːn]

• Audio (Amman)

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Noun

مكان • (makān) m (plural أماكن (ʔamāken))

1. place

   Synonyms: محل (maḥall), مطرح (maṭraḥ)