وثن

العربية

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وثن

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Borrowed from Old South Arabian 𐩥𐩻𐩬 (wṯn, “boundary stone; stele”) which became used for idols set up at border zones.

noun وَثَن · waṯan · وُثُن · أَوْثَان · الْوَثَن

idol, graven image

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god idol
idol representation of anything revered
graven image a carved idol or representation of a god used as an object of worship

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