قَرْن
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Highlights
Plural
قُرُون
Most common words from the same root
قَرْن in English
Noun · masculine
- century (a period of a hundred years)
القُرُون الوُسْطَىthe Middle Ages
- horn (of an animal)
Word origin
From Proto-Semitic *ḳarn- (“horn”). The root is associated with the sense of “being doubled, opposed, or equal”, and the meaning “century” can be derived from this through “equal in age, people of the same age”. Otherwise, it could have been borrowed from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”, also “lifespan”).
Words from the root ق-ر-ن
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
قَرَنَ
· present يَقْرِنُ
Form I · The plain action
to join, to couple, to yoke (بَيْنَ (bayna) "objects" or "accusative object" بِ (bi) "object"); to identify (something with something else)
قَرَّنَ
· present يُقَرِّنُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to join several strings, bind several animals or prisoners together to the same string; to make conical
تَقْرِين
مُقَرِّن
مُقَرَّن
قَارَنَ
· present يُقَارِنُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to become associated with; to appear together with; to juxtapose, to compare
مُقَارَنَة
comparison
قِرَان
conjunction
مُقَارِن
مُقَارَن
أَقْرَنَ
· present يُقْرِنُ
Form IV · Causative
to combine, interrelate; to perform 2 things at once; to be or become strong, smart, skillful, etc. enough to do, affect, etc. a thing
إِقْرَان
مُقْرِن
مُقْرَن
تَقَارَنَ
· present يَتَقَارَنُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to compare; to couple, to associate with, to pair with
تَقَارُن
symmetry
مُتَقَارِن
coupled
مُتَقَارَن
اِقْتَرَنَ
· present يَقْتَرِنُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to get connected, joined, linked, married to, to get associated, combined, united, yoked with, to bound together, interconnect, couple, interlinked, concatenate
اِقْتِرَان
مُقْتَرِن
مُقْتَرَن
قَرِينَة
wife
أَقْرَن
horned
قَرْنِيَّة
cornea
قَرْن: plural and other forms
| Singular | قَرْن |
|---|---|
| Plural | قُرُون |
قَرْن in a sentence
Dictionary examples
century
القُرُون الوُسْطَىthe Middle Ages
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