کون

See also: كون, گون, and گؤنعل

Central Kurdish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʊn/

Noun

کون (kun)

hole (a through opening)

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kün.

Noun

کون (kün) (plural کونلار)

the sun
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)

the sun
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): /ˈkuːn/

(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 • (kūn / kun) (Tajik spelling кун)

(vulgar) anus
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, خبثات سعدی [Saʿdī's obscene poetry]:
  چون نه کونش دری و نه شلوار
  بی گناهت کسی نخواهد کشت
  čūn na kūn-aš darrī u na šalwār
  bē gunāh-at kasē na-xwāhad kušt
  If you do not tear either his anus or his trousers,
  [You are] innocent, no one will seek to kill you.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
(vulgar) arse, ass

Inflection

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

(dialectal, Isfahan) present stem of
بوکون!
Do it!

Etymology 3

From Arabic كَوْن (kawn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈkawn/

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

(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 • (kawn / kown) (Tajik spelling кавн)

Derived terms

کون و مکان (kown o makân)

Sindhi

Postposition

کون • (khon) (Devanagari खां)

from, out of

Urdu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɔːn/

Pronoun

کَون • (kaun) (Hindi spelling कौन)

subjective interrogative pronoun used to refer to persons: who
کَون بول رَہے ہَیں؟
kaun bol rahe ha͠i?
Who is speaking?

Declension

Pronoun declension of **کون**
	singular	plural
direct	کَون (kaun)	کَون (kaun)
indirect	کِس (kis)	کِن (kin)
ergative	کِس نے (kis ne)	کِنَھوں نے (kinhõ ne)
genitive	کس کا (kis kā)	کِن کا (kin kā)
dative	کِسے, کِس کو (kise, kis ko)	کِنْھیں, کِن کو (kinhẽ, kin ko)