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Hebrew
Etymology
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־)
- 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, plural נדנס (nadns)
- dowry