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).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.kaːn/

Noun

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

place, location, position
Synonyms: مَكَانَة‎ (makāna), مَوْضِع‎ (mawḍiʕ), مَقَام‎ (maqām)
status, dignity
Synonyms: مَكَانَة‎ (makāna), مَنْزِلَة‎ (manzila), شَأْن‎ (šaʔn)
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 quote)

Declension

Declension of noun مَكَان (makān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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
Plural	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))

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))

place

Descendants

Turkish: mekân

References

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك و ن‎

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَان‎ (makān).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.kaːn/, [maˈkæːn], [maˈkaːn]
Audio (Amman) (file)

Noun

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

place
Synonyms: محل‎ (maḥall), مطرح‎ (maṭraḥ)

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