کائنات

Persian

Alternative forms

  • کاینات (kâyenât)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَائِنَات (kāʔināt).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰɑː.ʔɪ.nɑ́ːt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰɑː.jɪ.nɑ́ːt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰɔː.ji.nɔ́ːt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? kā'ināt
Dari reading? kā'ināt
Iranian reading? kâ'enât
Tajik reading? ko'inot

Noun

Dari کائنات
Iranian Persian
Tajik коинот

کائنات • (kâ'enât)

  1. universe

Descendants

  • Bengali: কায়েনাত (kaẏenat)
  • Urdu: کَائِنَات (kāināt)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کائنات (kâ'inât), itself Arabic كَائِنَات (kāʔināt), the plural form of كَائِن (kāʔin).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kɑː.ɪ.nɑːt̪/
  • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːt̪
  • Hyphenation: کا‧ءِ‧نات

Noun

کائِنات • (kāinātf (Hindi spelling कायनात)

  1. the universe
    Synonyms: جَہان (jahān), عالَم (ʻālam)
  2. (in the plural) creatures; beings

Declension

Declension of کائنات
singular plural
direct کائِنات (kāināt) کائِناتیں (kāinātẽ)
oblique کائِنات (kāināt) کائِناتوں (kāinātõ)
vocative کائِنات (kāināt) کائِناتو (kāināto)

Proper noun

کائِنات • (kāinātf (Hindi spelling कायनात)

  1. a female given name

Further reading

  • کائنات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • کائنات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کائنات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu کائنات (kāināt).

Noun

کائنات (kāināt)

  1. world, universe