كون

See also: کون, گون, گؤن, and كۈن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of the verb كَانَ (kāna, to be), from the root ك و ن (k-w-n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kawn/

Noun

كَوْن (kawn) m (plural أَكْوَان (ʔakwān))

  1. verbal noun of كَانَ (kāna) (form I)
  2. being, essence
  3. existence
    الْكَوْنal-kawnreality, the world, the cosmos, the universe
    الْكَوْن الْأَعْلَىal-kawn al-ʔaʕlāthe supreme being, God
  4. event, occurrence, incident
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: كون (kevn)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaw.wa.na/

Verb

كَوَّنَ (kawwana) II, non-past يُكَوِّنُ‎ (yukawwinu)

  1. to bring into being, to make, to create, to produce, to originate, to bring forth
    Synonym: أَوْجَدَ (ʔawjada)
  2. to formalize, to frame, to form, to shape, to constitute, to compose, to set up, to fashion
Conjugation

Further reading

  • Horten, Max (1911), “Was bedeutet al-kaun als philosophischer Terminus? Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Philosophie im Islam”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 65, pages 539–549

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

كون (gün)

  1. Alternative spelling of گون

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك و ن

Etymology

From Arabic كَوَّنَ (kawwana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaw.wan/, [ˈkaw.wan]
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Verb

كَوَّن (kawwan) (form II, present بكَوَّن (bikawwen))

  1. to form, to make, to make up
    Synonym: شكّل (šakkal)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of كوّن (kawwan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m كوّنت (kawwant) كوّنت (kawwant) كوّن (kawwan) كوّننا (kawwanna) كوّنتو (kawwantu) كوّنو (kawwanu)
f كوّنتي (kawwanti) كوّنت (kawwanat)
present m بكوّن (bakawwen) بتكوّن (bitkawwen) بكوّن (bikawwen) منكوّن (minkawwen) بتكوّنو (bitkawwnu) بكوّنو (bikawwnu)
f بتكوّني (bitkawwni) بتكوّن (bitkawwen)
subjunctive m اكوّن (akawwen) تكوّن (tkawwen) يكوّن (ykawwen) نكوّن (nkawwen) تكوّنو (tkawwnu) يكوّنو (ykawwnu)
f تكوّني (tkawwni) تكوّن (tkawwen)
imperative m كوّن (kawwen) كوّنو (kawwnu)
f كوّني (kawwni)
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