مسكان

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Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic, found as Jewish Palestinian Aramaic and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מַשְׁכֹּונָא (maškōnā) and Classical Syriac ܡܶܫܟܳܢܳܐ (meškānā), from Akkadian 𒈦𒃷 (MAŠ.GAN2 /⁠maškanu⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُسْكَان (muskānm (plural مَسَاكِين (masākīn))

  1. (obsolete) earnest money, retainer, pledge
    Synonym: عَرْبُون (ʕarbūn)

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References

  • مسكان” in Almaany
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 190
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “مسكان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 179b