עדן

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Aramaic

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Etymology

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A Semitic root meaning "time, duration". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “expand!!”)

Noun

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עדן (transliteration needed)

  1. time, duration, year

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Root
ע־ד־ן (ʿ-d-n)

Some propose a derivation from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, desert, steppe), itself a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, plain, open country). Alternately, a derivation from the same Proto-Semitic root as dialectical Arabic عَدَّان (ʕiddān or ʕaddān), having the meaning "biding place"/"place of remaining", "an abode".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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עֵדֶן (édenm

  1. (literally) Eden, paradise.
  2. (figuratively) Paradise, heaven.
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References

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Etymology 2

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From Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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עַדֶּן (adenf

  1. Aden (a port city and largest city in Yemen)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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עִדָּן ('idánm

  1. defective spelling of עידן

Further reading

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew עֵדֶן.

Proper noun

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עדן (eydnm

  1. Eden, Garden of Eden

Derived terms

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