Kaf-Vav-Ye: To be, become strong, prevail, be able to do, be powerful, be vigorous, be forceful. Quwwatun (pl. quwan) - power, strength, vigour, resolution, firmness, determination. Qawun - desert. Aqwa - to stay in desert. Muqwin - dwellers of desert/wilderness (it is derived from the verb qawiya which means: it became desolate or deserted).