كاهنة

العربية

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كاهنة

  • /kaː.hi.na/

Where it comes from

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐𐎚 (khnt), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤕 (khnt), Hebrew כוהנת. Morphologically from the root ك ه ن (k h n).

noun كَاهِنَة · kāhina · كَاهِنَات · كَاهِن · الْكَاهِن

  1. prophetess
  2. priestess

In English

  • fortune teller person who professes to predict the future in return for money

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"كاهنة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A9. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

كاهنة. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A9

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"كاهنة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {كاهنة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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