# كون
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kawn/

#### Noun

كَوْن • (kawn) m (plural أَكْوَان (ʔakwān))
* verbal noun of كَانَ (kāna) (form I)
* being, essence
* existence
    الْكَوْن ― al-kawn ― reality, the world, the cosmos, the universe
    الْكَوْن الْأَعْلَى ― al-kawn al-ʔaʕlā ― the supreme being, God
* event, occurrence, incident

##### Synonyms

* (verbal noun): كَيْنُونَة (kaynūna), كِيَان (kiyān)

##### Related terms

* كَانَ (kāna)
* كَوْنِيّ (kawniyy)

##### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: kövn (archaic)
* Ottoman Turkish: كون (kevn)
** Turkish: kevn (archaic or exists in religious texts)
** Turkish: kâinat (cosmos) ("evren" is a more contemporary synonym of the same.)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaw.wa.na/

#### Verb

كَوَّنَ • (kawwana) II (non-past يُكَوِّنُ (yukawwinu), verbal noun تَكْوِين (takwīn))
* to bring into being, to make, to create, to produce, to originate, to bring forth
    Synonym: أَوْجَدَ (ʔawjada)
* 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

## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kün

#### Noun

كون • (gün) (definite accusative كونی (güni), plural كونلر (günlär))
* day, a period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle.
    Synonym: روز (rūz)
    یدّی كون اوّل آنی كوردكyeddi gün ävväl anı gördükwe saw him seven days ago
* day, daytime
    Synonym: كوندز (gündüz)
    كون ایكن قمو ییر اصّی اولورgün ikän qamu yer ıssı olureverywhere becomes hot while it's daytime
* morning
    Synonyms: كوندز (gündüz), صباح (säbāḥ)
* sun
    Synonyms: كونش (günäş), شمس (şäms)
    كون بتانده كیجه اولورgün batanda gecä olurwhen sun sets, it becomes night
* time, moment, occurrence
    Synonym: آن (ān)
* (figurative) happy moment, blessed occurrence

##### Derived terms

* بو كون (bu gün, “today”)
* كون اكیك (gün ägik, “dandelion”)
* كون اوزون (gün uzun, “all day”)
* كون باتوسی (gün batusı, “west”)
* كون به كون (gün bä gün, “day to day”)
* كون دوغوسی (gün doġusı, “east”)
* كون كورمز (gün görmäz, “isolated hijabi woman”)
* كون كون (gün gün, “day to day”)
* كوندز (gündüz, “daytime”)
* كونده (gündä, “every day”)
* كونسز (günsüz, “one deprived of the sun”)
* كونش (günäş, “sun”)
* كونی (günäy, “the side seeing the sun”)

##### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: gün
* Gagauz: gün
* Ottoman Turkish: گون (gün)
** Turkish: gün

#### Further reading

* Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “gün”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 317
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gün”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kȫn.

#### Noun

كون • (gön) (definite accusative كونی (göni), plural كونلر (gönlär))
* tanned skin

#### Derived terms

* كون باردق (gön bardaq, “leather flask”)
* كونجك (göncük, “fish net”)

#### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: gön
* Ottoman Turkish: گون (gön) (see there for further descendants)
** Turkish: gön

##### Further reading

* Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “gön”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 295
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gön”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* “gön”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

### Etymology 3

Likely borrowed from Classical Persian گون (gavan). Nişanyan instead derives from كومك (gävmäk, “to chew”)

#### Noun

كون • (gävän) (definite accusative كونی (gäväni), plural كونلر (gävänlär))
* milkvetch

##### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: gəvən
* Ottoman Turkish: گون (geven)
** Turkish: geven
** → Armenian: գեւեն (gewen)

#### Further reading

* Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “geven”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 284

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “geven”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كون (gün), from Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun, day”). Compare Azerbaijani gün.

#### Noun

گون • (gün)
* day
* sun
    Synonyms: شمش (şems), گونش (güneş), آفتاب (aftab)

##### Derived terms

* گون چیچكی (gün çiçeği, “sunflower”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: gün

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كون (gön), from Proto-Common Turkic *kȫn (“tanned skin, leather”). Compare Azerbaijani gön.

#### Noun

گون • (gön)
* hide, leather

##### Descendants

* Turkish: gön
* → Armenian: կէօն (kēōn)
* → Bulgarian: гьон (gjon)
* → Macedonian: ѓон (ǵon)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ђо̏н
    Latin script: đȍn

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian گون (gūn).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɟuːn/

#### Noun

گون • (gûn) (uncommon)
* colour
    Synonyms: بویا (boya), رنك (renk)
* sort, kind

### Etymology 4

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كون (gävän), likely from Classical Persian گون (gavan).

#### Noun

گون • (geven)
* milkvetch

##### Descendants

* Turkish: geven
* → Armenian: գեւեն (gewen)

### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, pages 1060b–1061a
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كون”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, columns 4094–4095

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic كَوَّنَ (kawwana).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaw.wan/, [ˈkaw.wan]
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### Verb

كَوَّن • (kawwan) II (present بكَوَّن (bikawwen))
* to form, to make, to make up
    Synonym: شكّل (šakkal)