קרן

From Proto-Semitic *ḳarn- (“horn”). Cognate with Arabic قَرْن (qarn).

קֶרֶן • (kéren) f (plural indefinite קרניים / קַרְנַיִם) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. horn, antler, (of an animal)
2. ray, beam (beam of light or radiation)
   • 1891, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Her Eyes 5–6:

     קַרְנֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ הָאַחֲרוֹנוֹת / קָרְנוּ בֵּין הֶעָלִים; / כִּתְמֵי אוֹר כְּדִינְרֵי זָהָב / שֻׁפְּכוּ בֵּין הַצְּלָלִים.

     qarnei shemesh ha'akharonot / qarnu bein he'alim; / kitmei 'or k'dinrei zahav / shupkhu bein hats'lalim

     The last sun beams / shone between the leaves; / Stains of light like dinars of gold / spilled between the shadows.

3. corner
4. (music) horn, bugle (Any of several musical wind instruments.)
5. (biochemistry) keratin

• שׁוֹפָר m (shofár, “horn trumpet”)

• H7161 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

קָרַן • (karán) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. radiate, shine

• H7160 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

קֶרֶן • (keren) f

1. a female given name, Karen

קֶרֶן • (kéren) f (plural indefinite קְרָנוֹת, singular construct קֶרֶן־, plural construct קַרְנוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. the base price paid as compensation without the added penalty

From which the following terms derive

1. capital, fund (money dedicated to a purpose)
2. fund, foundation, principal (company or organisation dedicated to a purpose)

• קֶרֶן פֶּנְסִיָּה f (“pension fund”)
• קֶרֶן צוֹבֶרֶת f (“cumulative fund”)
• קֶרֶן עוֹמֶדֶת f (“endowment fund”)
• קֶרֶן נִסְחֶרֶת f (“exchange traded fund, ETF”)
• קֶרֶן לְהַשְׁקָעוֹת בְּנַדְלָ״ן f (“real estate investment trust, REIT”)
• קֶרֶן לְהַשְׁקָעָה בִּנְכָסִים קְבוּעֵי הַכְנָסָה f (“fixed-income fund”)
• קֶרֶן נֶאֱמָנוּת גְּמִישָׁה, קֶרֶן גְּמִישָׁה f (“flexible fund”)

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

• קרן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he