עדן

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Aramaic

Etymology

A Semitic root meaning "time, duration". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “expand!!”)

Noun

עדן • (transliteration needed)

  1. time, duration, year

References

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ע־ד־ן (ʿ-d-n)

Some propose a derivation from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, “desert, steppe”), itself a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”). Alternately, a derivation from the same Proto-Semitic root as dialectical Arabic عَدَّان (ʕiddān or ʕaddān), having the meaning "biding place"/"place of remaining", "an abode".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

עֵדֶן • (éden) m

  1. (literally) Eden, paradise.
  2. (figuratively) Paradise, heaven.
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

עַדֶּן • (aden) f

  1. Aden (a port city and largest city in Yemen)

Etymology 3

Noun

עִדָּן • ('idán) m

  1. defective spelling of עידן

Further reading

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew עֵדֶן.

Proper noun

עדן • (eydn) m

  1. Eden, Garden of Eden

Derived terms

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