قرن

See also: فرن

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ḳarn- (horn). The root is associated with the sense of “being doubled, opposed, or equal”, and the meaning “century” can be derived from this through “equal in age, people of the same age”. Otherwise, it could have been borrowed from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, time”, also “lifespan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qarn/
  • (file)

Noun

قَرْن (qarn) m (plural قُرُون (qurūn))

  1. horn
  2. century
Declension
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: قرن (ʔarn)
  • Gulf Arabic: قرن (qarn)
  • Hijazi Arabic: قَرْن (garn)
  • Maltese: qarn
  • Fula: qarnu
  • Hausa: ƙarni
  • Indonesian: kurun
  • Malay: kurun
  • Persian: قرن (qarn)
  • Swahili: karne
  • Ottoman Turkish: قرن (karn)

Etymology 2

From the root ق ر ن (q-r-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ra.na/

Verb

قَرَنَ (qarana) I, non-past يَقْرِنُ or يَقْرُنُ‎ (yaqrinu or yaqrunu)

  1. to join, to couple, to yoke (something to something else)
  2. to identify (something with something else)
Conjugation
References

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qarn/

Noun

قَرْن (qarn) m

  1. verbal noun of قَرَنَ (qarana) (form I)
Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَرْن (qarn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡarn/
    • IPA(key): [qarn] (alternative pronunciation especially used in the sense of "century")

Noun

قَرْن (garn) m (plural قُرُون (gurūn))

  1. horn
  2. century

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَرْن (qarn).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /qaɾn/

Noun

قرن (qarn) (plural قرن‌ها (qarn-hâ) or قرون (qorun))

  1. century
    Synonym: سده (sade)
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