ܥܕܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

As Hebrew עִדָּן (ʿiddān), from Akkadian 𒌓𒅗𒂵 (adānum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʕɛddɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɛddɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܥܕܢܐ • (ʿeddānā) m (plural ܥܕܢܐ (ʿeddānē))

  1. moment
  2. season, age, time

Inflection

Descendants

(taking Syriac as representative for all Aramaic):
  • Arabic: عِدَّان (ʕiddān)

References

  • ˁdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 245a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 401b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1073a
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