נדן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ד־ן‎ (n-d-n)

An Old Iranian borrowing, reflected in New Persian as نیام‎ (niyâm), see it for more cognates.

Pronunciation

Noun

נָדָן • (nadán) m (plural indefinite נדנים‎, singular construct נְדַן־)

  1. sheath

References

  • “נדן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

Yiddish

Etymology

From Talmudic-Aramaic נדוניא‎ (“dowry”).

Noun

נדן • (nadn) m

  1. dowry
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