א־ז־ן

Hebrew

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾuðn-. The sense words relating to balancing comes from מאזניים, see there for more.

Root

א־ז־ן • ('-z-n)

1. Forming words relating to ears and hearing.
2. Forming words relating to balancing.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ז־ן (0 c, 7 e)

Further reading

• “א־ז־ן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “א־ז־ן”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾZN”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 86
• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 16