قان
العربية
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قان¹
Where it comes from
From the root ق ي ن (q y n), or denominal verb of قَيْن (qayn, “smith”), an ur-Semitic noun.
verb قَانَ · qāna · يَقِينُ · قَيْن · قَائِن
- to forge, to smith; to assemble, to arrange, to get together into order
قان²
noun قَان · qān · الْقَان · قَانٌ
- alternative form of خَان (ḵān, “khan”)
قان³
Where it comes from
Derived from the active participle of قَنَا (qanā, “to reach out to, to acquire”).
noun قانٍ · qānin · قانِي · قَانِيَة · الْقانِي
- appropriator, owner
قان⁴
Where it comes from
Apparently borrowed from Khorezmian Turkic, from Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).
noun قَان · qān · - · أَحْمَر قَان
- blood الَوْرْس يجلب من اليمن أحمر قانٍ يوجد على قشور شجر ينحت منها ويجمع وهو شبيه بالزعفران المسحوق
قان⁵
Where it comes from
Unknown, probably an Old South Arabian borrowing, possibly related to قَنَا (qanā), قَنَى (qanā, “to acquire, to obtain”), or to قَنَاة (qanāh, “spear”).
noun قَان · qān · قَانَة · الْقَان
- a kind of hardwood tree from which bows are made ومن أرض العرب: الخيل العِراب والنَّعَام والنَّجائب والقانة والأَدَم.
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