Root

ك-و-ن

kwn·k-w-n

1390 occurrences1176 verses3 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
كانَkāna1358
مَكانmakān27
مَكانَتmakānat5

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ك-و-ن more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ك-و-ن falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ك-و-ن occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 482 of 604 pages (80%)

Densest in juzʾ 5 (77 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 4 pages — pages 4144, juzʾ 23.

Occurrences · 1390 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root ك-و-ن appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ك-و-ن (kwn) occurs 1390 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 1176 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does ك-و-ن occur?

1176 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ك-و-ن (kwn), out of 1390 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ك-و-ن?

ك-و-ن (kwn) yields 3 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently كانَ (kāna, 1358×), مَكان (makān, 27×), and مَكانَت (makānat, 5×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.