كنت

See also: کنت and گنت

Arabic

Verb

كُنْتُ • (kuntu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular past active of كَانَ (kāna)

Verb

كُنْتَ • (kunta) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular past active of كَانَ (kāna)

Verb

كُنْتِ • (kunti) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular past active of كَانَ (kāna)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • كند (kend)

Etymology

From older كند (kend), from Proto-Turkic *kend (town),[1] a root which ultimately derives from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼻𐼹 (kʾnδ, town, city). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (kend, city, settlement).

Noun

كنت • (kent)

  1. village, a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town
    Synonyms: ده (dıh), قریه (karye), كوی (köy)
  2. town, city, any large settlement with shops and a local government
    Synonyms: شهر (şehir), مدینه (medine)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kent

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kend”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 728

Further reading

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