נדן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ד־ן (n-d-n)

An Old Iranian borrowing, reflected in New Persian as نیام (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־)

1. 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)

1. dowry