عدن
العربية
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عدن¹
- /ʕadn/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗden).
proper noun عَدْن · ʕadn · -
- Eden جَزَاؤُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا
عدن²
- /ʕa.dan/
proper noun عَدَن · ʕadan · -
- Aden (a port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen)
- Aden (a governorate of Yemen)
عدن³
- /ʕa.da.na/
Where it comes from
Denominal verb from عِدَّان (ʕiddān, “set time; set place of staying”).
verb عَدَنَ · ʕadana · يَعْدِنُ · يَعْدُنُ · عُدُون
- to stay, to bide, to remain
عدن⁴
- /ʕa.da.na/
verb عَدَنَ · ʕadana · يَعْدِنُ · يَعْدُنُ · عَدْن
- to strike sharply with a hoe or the like
- to dung, to manure, to fertilize
عدن⁵
- /ʕad.da.na/
verb عَدَّنَ · ʕaddana · يُعَدِّنُ · تَعْدِين · مُعَدِّن
- to dung, to manure, to fertilize
- to strike sharply (e.g. with the miner’s pickaxe صَاقُور (ṣāqūr)), to mine in
عدن⁶
- /ʕadn/
noun عَدْن · ʕadn · الْعَدْن · عَدْنٌ
- verbal noun of عَدَنَ (ʕadana) (form I)
عدن⁷
- /ʕa.dan/
Where it comes from
Probably a local distortion from (the plural of) عُود (ʕūd, “wood; agarwood, any plant with high moisture content”).
noun عَدَن · ʕadan · عَدَنَة · الْعَدَن
- Adenium gen. et spp. وتعرف أيضا بشجرة عدنة وهي نبات معمر يتواجد في المناطق الجبلية وشبه الجبلية كجزيرة سوقطرى في اليمن ومدينة جازان في السعودية كما توجد كذلك في الهند والصين وبورما.
In English
- Aden seaport of Yemen
- Eden biblical garden
- Garden of Eden place where Adam and Eve first lived
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