كوكب

See also: کوکب

Arabic

FWOTD – 9 March 2022

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kabkab-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw.kab/

Noun

كَوْكَب • (kawkab) m (dual كَوْكَبَيْنْ (kawkabayn), plural كَوَاكِب (kawākib))

1. (dated) star

   Synonym: نَجْم (najm)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:4:

     إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ

     ʔiḏ qāla yūsufu li-ʔabīhi yā ʔabati ʔinnī raʔaytu ʔaḥada ʕašara kawkaban wa-š-šamsa wa-l-qamara raʔaytuhum lī sājidīna

     ˹Remember˺ when Joseph said to his father, “O my dear father! Indeed I dreamt of eleven stars, and the sun, and the moon—I saw them prostrating to me!”

2. planet

   Synonyms: (dated) كَوْكَب سَيَّار (kawkab sayyār), (dated) سَيَّارة (sayyāra)

3. leucoma
4. (Sudan) spear of a wide and jagged blade
   • p. 1897, a. 1917, “Gifts worthy of kings: An episode in Dār Fūr-Taqalī relations”, in Lidwien Kapteijns and Jay Spaulding, editors, Sudanic Africa‎^[1], volume 1, published 1990, pages 61–70:

     ١ تركاس داخله سبعه حراب طبايق مسلكين بفضه
     ٢ كواكب مسلكين بفضه

     1 quiver wherein there are seven short throwing spears wired with silver
     2 spears of wide and jagged blade wired with silver

Declension

Declension of noun كَوْكَب (kawkab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوْكَب kawkab	الْكَوْكَب al-kawkab	كَوْكَب kawkab
Nominative	كَوْكَبٌ kawkabun	الْكَوْكَبُ al-kawkabu	كَوْكَبُ kawkabu
Accusative	كَوْكَبًا kawkaban	الْكَوْكَبَ al-kawkaba	كَوْكَبَ kawkaba
Genitive	كَوْكَبٍ kawkabin	الْكَوْكَبِ al-kawkabi	كَوْكَبِ kawkabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوْكَبَيْن kawkabayn	الْكَوْكَبَيْن al-kawkabayn	كَوْكَبَيْ kawkabay
Nominative	كَوْكَبَانِ kawkabāni	الْكَوْكَبَانِ al-kawkabāni	كَوْكَبَا kawkabā
Accusative	كَوْكَبَيْنِ kawkabayni	الْكَوْكَبَيْنِ al-kawkabayni	كَوْكَبَيْ kawkabay
Genitive	كَوْكَبَيْنِ kawkabayni	الْكَوْكَبَيْنِ al-kawkabayni	كَوْكَبَيْ kawkabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَوَاكِب kawākib	الْكَوَاكِب al-kawākib	كَوَاكِب kawākib
Nominative	كَوَاكِبُ kawākibu	الْكَوَاكِبُ al-kawākibu	كَوَاكِبُ kawākibu
Accusative	كَوَاكِبَ kawākiba	الْكَوَاكِبَ al-kawākiba	كَوَاكِبَ kawākiba
Genitive	كَوَاكِبَ kawākiba	الْكَوَاكِبِ al-kawākibi	كَوَاكِبِ kawākibi

Derived terms

• كَوْكَبٌ صَغِير (kawkabun ṣaḡīr)
• كَوْكَبَة (kawkaba)
• كَوْكَبِيّ (kawkabiyy)
• كُوَيْكِب (kuwaykib)

 

Descendants

• Maltese: kewkba
• Moroccan Arabic: كوكب (kawkab, kūkab)
• → Persian: کوکب (kowkab)
  • → Hindustani:

    Urdu: کَوکَب (kaukab)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَوْكَب (kawkab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw.kab/, /kuː.kab/

Noun

كَوْكب or كُوكب • (kawkab or kūkab) m (plural كواكب (kwākib))

1. planet

See also

• قمر (qamar, “moon”)
• نجمة (najma, “star”)