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Aramaic
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́aʾn-.
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Noun
עָנָא • (ʿānā) f or f pl
- (collective) flock of sheep and goats
- Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 39:30
וְאִתְיַחֲמָא עָנָא בְּחֻטְרַיָּא וִילִידָן עָנָא רְגוֹלִין נְמוֹרִין וּרְקוֹעִין׃- wəʾiṯyaḥămā ʿānā bəḥuṭrayyā wīlīḏān ʿānā rəḡōlīn nəmōrīn ūrəqōʿīn.
- And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
- (collective) sheep (as opposed to goats)
Etymology 2
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Verb
ענא • (transliteration needed)
- to answer, to respond
- to be busy, to be occupied