Arabic for place

makaan
ﻣَﻜَﺎﻥ
place – masculine singular

The Arabic word for place is pronounced makaan and written ﻣَﻜَﺎﻥ.

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The Arabic word word for place can also be conjugated:

'amkina
ﺃَﻣﻜِﻨَﺔ
place – masculine plural
Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

Using the word place

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Important letters:
The root of the word place consists of three Arabic letters: mim that is written and pronounced m, kaf that is written and pronounced k and nun that is written and pronounced n. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The word place letter by letter

ﻣَﻜَﺎﻥ
ﻣـ
ـﻜـ
ـﺎ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻜـ
ـﺎ
 
ﻣـ
ـﻤـ
ـﻢ
ﻛـ
ـﻜـ
ـﻚ
ـﺎ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
 
mim
m
kaf
k
alef
nun
n
 
 
The Arabic word for place consists of: The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ﻣـ ) and pronounced m and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter kaf that is written ﻙ ( here ـﻜـ ) and pronounced k and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter alef that is written ﺍ ( here ـﺎ ) and pronounced . The letter nun that is written ﻥ and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻣَﻜَﺎﻥ and pronounced makaan.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for place

fa3aal becomes makaan

We have seen that the Arabic word for place is written ﻣَﻜَﺎﻥ and pronounced makaan. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3aal where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3aal and the root letters are m, k and n, the word becomes makaan.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

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