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Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Akkadian n-d-n and less certainly Arabic ن ت ن (n-t-n). See נָתַן for more.
The "citizenship" sense comes from נָתִין (“servant of the temple”, literally “given (to the temple)”).
Root
נ־ת־ן • (n-t-n)
- Related to giving.
- Related to allowing, permitting.
- Related to citizenship.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “נ־ת־ן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- “נ־ת־ן”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “נתן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, pages 431a–b
- A. Murtonen (1989) “NTN”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 294