Where does “كون” come from?
كون (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic كون, from Arabic كَانَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
كون (South Levantine Arabic): to form, to make, to make up
Definitions
- to form, to make, to make up
Ancestry of “كون”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | كون | verbal noun of كَانَ; being, essence; existence |
| 2 | Arabic | كَانَ | to be |
| 3 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 4 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 5 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |