موتان

العربية

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موتان^¹

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Borrowed from Aramaic מוֹתָנָא (mōṯānā), ܡܰܘܬܴܢܳܐ (mawṯānā, “plague, pestilence”), from Akkadian 𒉆𒁁𒈨𒌍 (/⁠mūtānu⁠/), possibly a loan from Amorite or a Hittite intermediary as the Akkadian 𒉡 (/⁠nu, -annu⁠/) is found frequently in loanwords or re-borrowings that have passed through Anatolia. Ultimate origin from Proto-Semitic *mawt- (“death, ceasing, non-existence”) found as the Arabic root م و ت (m w t).

noun مَوْتَان · مُوتَان · mawtān · mūtān

archaic plague, pestilence, murrain

موتان^²

noun مَوَتَان · mawatān · الْمَوَتَان · مَوَتَانٌ

archaic, obsolete inanimate goods, dead stock, lands and houses as opposed to beasts or slaves

adjective مَوْتَان · mawtān · الْمَوْتَان · مَوْتى · الْمَوْتى

archaic, obsolete inexcitable, dead, dull, not sprightly

In English

murrain any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle, etc.; or a particular epizo

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {موتان},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}