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قَرْن

qarnin

a generation

মানবগোষ্ঠী

Root letters: ق ر نAppears 23 times in the Qur'an#455 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 46

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ق ر ن

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)قَرْنٍ7 times
  • Dual (muthannā)ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ3 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)قُرُونًا13 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْقُرُونِthe generationsl-qurūni · 7 times
  • قَرْنٍa generationqarnin · 3 times
  • قَرْنٍۢgenerationsqarnin · 2 times
  • قَرْنًاgenerationsqarnan · 2 times
  • ٱلْقُرُونَthe generationsl-qurūna · 2 times
  • ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِO Dhul-qarnainl-qarnayni · 2 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ق ر ن — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

Surah 20:51 — Read full ayah

Then We produced after them a generation of others.

Surah 23:31 — Read full ayah

Then We produced after them other generations.

Surah 23:42 — Read full ayah