كائن

Arabic

Root
ك و ن (k-w-n)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of كَانَ (kāna, to be).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaː.ʔin/
  • (file)

Participle

كَائِن • (kāʔin)

  1. active participle of كَانَ (kāna)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

كَائِن • (kāʔin) m (plural كَائِنَات (kāʔināt))

  1. creature, a living thing
    Synonym: مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq)
    الْكَائِن الْمُطْلَقal-kāʔin al-muṭlaqan absolute creature, God
    كَائِنَات أُسْطُورِيَّةkāʔināt ʔusṭūriyyamythical creatures

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

(via plural form كَائِنَات (kāʔināt)):

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Postposition

كائن • (kain or kayin)

  1. situated, located

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 582
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