کون

See also: كون, گون, and گؤنعل

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊn/

Noun

کون (kun)

1. hole (a through opening)

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kün.

Noun

کون (kün)

1. the sun
2. day

Descendants

• Uyghur: كۈن (kün)
• Uzbek: kun

References

• Schluessel, Eric (2018) “کون”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources‎^[1], Michigan Publishing, page 44
• Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “کون”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎^[2] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 477

Kipchak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kün.

Noun

کون (kün)

1. the sun
2. day

Descendants

• North Kipchak:
  • Tatar: көн (kön)
  • Bashkir: көн (kön)
  • Siberian Tatar: көн (kön)
• West Kipchak:
  • Crimean Tatar: кунь (kün)
  • Karachay-Balkar: кюн (kün)
  • Kumyk: гюн (gün)
  • Karaim: kiuń
• South Kipchak:
  • Caspian:
    • Kazakh: күн (kün)
    • Karakalpak: күн (ku'n)
    • Nogai: куьн (kün)
  • Kyrgyz-Kipchak:
    • Kyrgyz: күн (kün)
    • Southern Altai: кӱн (kün)

References

• Garkavec, A. N. (2018) “kün”, in Kypčakskij slovarʹ. Po armjanopisʹmennym pamjatnikam XVI—XVII vekov [Kipchak dictionary. Based on the monuments of 16–17th centuries written in the Armenian script]‎^[3] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Almaty: BAUR, →ISBN, page 766
• Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert‎^[4], Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 28

Persian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (kūn, “anus”). Cognate with Northern Kurdish qûn (“anus”), Northern Kurdish kun (“hole”), Khotanese khūṇā- (“hole”), Pashto کونه (kwëna, kuna, “ass, anus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰuːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰuːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰun]

Readings
Classical reading?	kūn
Dari reading?	kūn
Iranian reading?	kun
Tajik reading?	kun

Noun

کون • (kun)

1. (vulgar) anus
2. (vulgar) arse, ass

Inflection

Possessive forms of کون

	singular	plural
1st person singular (“my”)	کونم (kunam)	کون‌هایم، کون‌هام، کونام△ (kun-hấyam, kunấm△)
2nd person singular (“your”)	کونت (kunat, kunet△)	کون‌هایت، کون‌هات، کونات△ (kun-hấyat, kunất△)
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”)	کونش (kunaš, kuneš△)	کون‌هایش، کون‌هاش، کوناش△ (kun-hấyaš, kunấš△)
1st person plural (“our”)	کونمان، کونمون△ (kunemân, kunemun△)	کون‌هایمان، کون‌هامون، کونامون△ (kun-hấyemân, kunấmun△)
2nd person plural (“your”)	کونتان، کونتون△ (kunetân, kunetun△)	کون‌هایتان، کون‌هاتون، کوناتون△ (kun-hấyetân, kunấtun△)
3rd person plural (“their”)	کونشان، کونشون△ (kunešân, kunešun△)	کون‌هایشان، کون‌هاشون، کوناشون△ (kun-hấyešân, kunấšun△)

^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• کونی (kuni)
• بچه کونی (bačče kuni)
• کون‌کش (kun-keš)
• کون‌گشاد (kun-gošâd)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Isfahan) IPA^(key): /kʰun/

Verb

کون • (kun, kŭn)

1. (dialectal, Isfahan) present stem of کردن

   بوکون!

   Do it!

Etymology 3

From Arabic كَوْن (kawn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kawn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäwn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäwn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäwn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäwn]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰown]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰown]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [kʰon]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäwn]

Readings
Classical reading?	kawn
Dari reading?	kawn
Iranian reading?	kown
Tajik reading?	kavn

Noun

کون • (kown)

1. existence
2. creation

Derived terms

• کون و مکان (kown o makân)

Sindhi

Postposition

کون • (khon) (Devanagari खां)

1. from, out of

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit कोण (koṇa).

Noun

کون • (kon) m (Hindi spelling कोण)

1. corner
2. angle

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa कवण (kavaṇa), from Sanskrit कः पुनर् (kaḥ punar, “who”). Compare Gujarati કોણ (koṇ), Marathi कोण (koṇ), Assamese কোন (kün).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɔːn/

Pronoun

کَون • (kaun) (Hindi spelling कौन)

1. subjective interrogative pronoun used to refer to persons: who

   کَون بول رَہے ہَیں؟

   kaun bol rahe ha͠i?

   Who is speaking?

Inflection

Singular:

Declension of کون

direct	کیا (kyā)
indirect	کس (kis)
ergative	کس نے (kis-ne)
genitive	کس کا (kis-kā)
dative	کسے (kise), کس کو (kis ko)

Plural (formal):

Declension of کون

direct	کیا (kyā)
indirect	کن (kin)
ergative	کنھوں نے (kinhõ-ne)
genitive	کن کا (kin-kā)
dative	کنھیں (kinhẽ), کن کو (kin ko)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian کون (kūn).

Noun

کُون • (kūn) f (Hindi spelling कून)

1. fundament
2. (vulgar) arse
3. (vulgar) anus

Ushojo

Etymology

From Shina کوݨ (koṇ).

Noun

کون (kon)

1. ear