נדן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ד־ן (n-d-n)
2 terms

An Old Iranian borrowing, reflected in New Persian as (niyâm), see it for more cognates.

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naˈdan/
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nɔdɔn/
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naˈd̪än/
(Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naˈdan/
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nɔˈðɔn/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /nɔːˈðɔːn/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naːˈðaːn/

Noun

נָדָן • (nadán) m (plural indefinite נדנים, singular construct נְדַן־)

sheath

References

“נדן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

נדן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Talmudic-Aramaic נדוניא (“dowry”).

Noun

נדן • (nadn) m, plural נדנס (nadns)

dowry