مكانة

Noun of place from the verb كَانَ (kāna, “to be”).

IPA^(key): /ma.kaː.na/

مَكَانَة • (makāna) f (plural مَكَانَات (makānāt))

1. place, location, position
2. post, office
3. status, dignity, power, good circumstances
4. considerateness, steadiness, sedateness
5. intention, purpose

• (place, location, position): مَكَان (makān), مَوْضِع (mawḍiʕ)
• (status, dignity): مَكَان (makān), مَنْزِلَة (manzila), شَأْن (šaʔn)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مكانة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

From Arabic مَكَانَة (makāna)

IPA^(key): /ma.kaː.na/

مكانة • (makāna) f

1. societal status

• مݣانة (magāna), مگانة (magāna)

Ultimately from Persian پنگان (pengân, “water clock”); compare Tunisian Arabic منڨالة (mungāla).

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡaː.na/

مكانة • (magāna) f (plural ماكن (māgin) or مواكن (mwāgin))

1. clock, watch
2. electricity meter, water meter