حنطة

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حنطة

  • /ħin.tˤa/

Where it comes from

From a common Semitic root. Compare Hebrew חִטָּה (ḥiṭṭā́, “wheat”), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎉𐎚 (ḥṭt, “wheat”), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חִיטְּתָא (ḥiṭtəṯā, “wheat”) (absolute state: חִיטָּא (ḥiṭṭā)) / ܚܛܬܐ (ḥeṭtəṯā, “wheat”) (absolute state: ܚܛܐ (ḥeṭṭā)), Imperial Aramaic 𐡇𐡍𐡈𐡕𐡀 (ḥnṭtʾ, “wheat”) (absolute state: 𐡇𐡍𐡈𐡀 (ḥnṭʾ)), Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡧𐡨𐡠 (ḥṭʾ) (emphatic). Ge'ez ኅጠት (ḫəṭṭät), ሕጠት (ḥəṭṭät, “grain”), Soqotri ḥinṭeh (“wheat”), Mehri ḥeyṭ (“wheat”), Akkadian 𒊺 (/⁠uṭṭatu, eṭṭetu⁠/, “edible grains or kernels, especially barley or wheat”). With some likelihood ունդ (und), հունդ (hund, “edible seed, grain”) is related.

noun حِنْطَة · ḥinṭa · الْحِنْطَة · حِنْطَةٌ

  1. spelt (Triticum spelta)
  2. wheat

    Similar: قَمْح, بُرّ, طَعَام

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {حنطة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%B7%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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