قرن

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قرن^¹

/qarn/

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ḳarn- (“horn”). The root is associated with the sense of “being doubled, opposed, or equal”, and the meaning “century” can be derived from this through “equal in age, people of the same age”. Otherwise, it could have been borrowed from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”, also “lifespan”).

noun قَرْن · qarn · قُرُون · الْقَرْن

century (a period of a hundred years) القُرُون الوُسْطَى
horn (of an animal)

قرن^²

verb قَرَنَ · qarana · يَقْرِنُ · يَقْرُنُ · قَرْن

to join, to couple, to yoke (بَيْنَ (bayna) "objects" or "accusative object" بِ (bi) "object") هٰذَا الْبَرْنَامَجُ يَقْرُنُ الْقَادِمِينَ الْجُدُدَ بِقَادَةِ الْأَعْمَالِ ذَوِي الْخِبْرَةِ.
to identify (something with something else)

noun قَرْن · qarn · الْقَرْن · قَرْنٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of قَرَنَ (qarana) (form I)

verb قَرَّنَ · qarrana · يُقَرِّنُ · تَقْرِين · مُقَرِّن

to join several strings, bind several animals or prisoners together to the same string
to make conical

In English

century period of 100 years
horn growth on the heads of certain animals
shoehorn tool used to assist the foot

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قرن},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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