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)
• → Bengali: মকান (mokan)
• → Azerbaijani: məkan
• → Kazakh: мекен (meken)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مكان‎ (meḱan)
  • Turkish: mekân
• → Persian: مکان‎ (makân)
  • → Punjabi: ਮਕਾਨ (makān)

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

From Arabic مَكَان‎ (makān).

Noun

مكان • (meḱan) (definite accusative مكانی‎ (meḱanı), plural اماكن‎ (emakin) or امكنه‎ (emkine))

1. place

Descendants

• Turkish: mekân

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مكان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1214

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)