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PWS
*duhn-, *daha/in- - fat
(SED I No. 48)
Words
Hebrew
dāhōn
- fattening substance, urin-soaked dung
(Jastrow 281)
pB.
Palmyrean
dhn
- fat
(DNWSI 242)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
dhn
- to become fat
(DJBA 1230)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
dahănā
- fat
(DJBA 315)
Cf. dəhīn ‘fat’ (adj.), dhn (pe.) ‘to be fat’, (pa.) ‘to fatten’ [ibid.].
Syriac
dūhānā
- fatness
(LSyr. 143, SL 276)
Mandaic
dhn
- to grow fat, be fat
(MD 103)
Mandaic
duhna
- prosperity
(MD 104)
with a feasible meaning shift
Hertevin
dohna
- Tierfett (animal fat)
(Jastrow 1988: 186)
Arabic
duhn-
- oil, grease
(BK 1 745, Lane 926)
Arabic
dahin-
- oily, greasy
(BK 1 745, Lane 926)
Tigre
dähanä
- to give butter as a present or as a tribute
(WTS 509)
Tigre
mädhanät
- butter as a present or a tribute
(WTS 509)