قن
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قن¹
Where it comes from
Compare the widespread Aramaic ܩܸܢܵܐ / קִנָא / קֵינָא (qennā, “nest; animal burrow; any cluster; family of an animal”), Hebrew קֵן (qēn, “nest”), Akkadian 𒆥𒉡 (qinnu, “nest; lair; family of an animal”). Since this term is spread chiefly in Asiatic Arabic north of Najd, it is probably a continuation of the Aramaic. It is further connected back to Akkadian qanû (“to keep, to buy, to acquire”), itself with relations to Akkadian 𒂵𒈾𒉡 (ganānu, “to confine, especially a person or living thing”), and Akkadian 𒅗𒈾𒉡 (kanānu, “to twist or coil, to wrap up an object or possession”), of Proto-Semitic origin denoting concepts of crafting, to acquire or make, building up, to establish or make stay.
قن²
Where it comes from
Connected to ق ن ي (q n y) meaning to acquire or keep; for more see above.
noun قِنّ · qinn · أَقْنَان · أَقِنَّة · الْقِنّ
- slave, serf or a particular kind of slave or serf or enslaved possession, one that is kept or acquired
قن³
Where it comes from
Uncertain with multiple correlations suggesting doublets of a similar term. A variation of قِمَّة (qimma) denoting a heap or pile, to scrape together into a vertex. Alternatively, a variant of قِنّ (qinn), a clipping of قِنِّينَة (qinnīna); literally a bottle or flask by comparison to its narrowing as it rises. Compare also قُلَّة (qulla) which may have a similar conception as its source or alternative from its smallness at the tip, its narrowing.
noun قُنّ · qunn · الْقُنّ · قُنٌّ
- alternative form of قُنَّة (qunna), summit, small mountain
In English
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