مكان (makaan) — "place; location" in Modern Standard Arabic
مكان
makaan
place; location
- Topic
- geography
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"place; location" in the other dialects
مكان in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
تجتمع العائلة حول المائدة الكبيرة وتملا رائحة الطعام اللذيذ المكان
Tajtamiu al aila hawla al maida al kabira wa tamla raihat at taam al ladhidh al makan
The family gathers around the large table and the smell of delicious food fills the place.
from The Family Dinner
لا داعي للتأجيل، فقد تواصلتُ مع المنظمين وأكدوا لي أن الاحتفال سيكون في القاعة الكبرى، وهو مكان مريح جداً.
La da'ee lit-ta'jeel, fa-qad tawasaltu ma'a al-munazzimeen wa akkadoo lee anna al-ihtifal sayakoon fee al-qa'ah al-kubra, wa huwa makan mureeh jiddan.
There is no need for postponement, as I have communicated with the organizers and they assured me that the celebration will be in the grand hall, and it is a very comfortable place.
السوق مكان يجمع الجديد والقديم معا في كل يوم
As-suqu makanun yajma'u al-jadida wal-qadima ma'an fi kulli yawm.
The market is a place that brings together the new and the old every day.
from A Trip to the Market
رائحة خبز طازج جميلة تملا المكان
Raihatu khubzin tazajin jamilatun tamla'u al-makan.
The beautiful smell of fresh bread fills the place.
اختيار مكان الرحلة كان قرارا صعبا بعض الشيء
Ikhtiyar makan ar-rihlah kana qararan sa'ban ba'd ash-shay'.
Choosing the trip's place was a somewhat difficult decision.
قررت انا وصديقي خالد قضاء عطلة نهاية الاسبوع في مكان جديد ومثير
qarrartu anā wa ṣadīqī Khālid qaḍāʾa utlat nihāyat al-usbūʿ fī makānin jadīdin wa muthīrin.
My friend Khalid and I decided to spend the weekend in a new and exciting place.
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