Title · Semitic

QA-*310-I

smith or cultic administrator; occupational title

Reading
qaynī
Type
Title Probable
Language
Semitic Probable
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
4
Lexicon
QA-*310-I

Commentary

Recurring Haghia Triada personnel or recipient label. Arabic qayn ‘smith, artisan’ and Sabaic qyn ‘administrator, governor’ support a title; the connection with Hebrew qēnî ‘Kenite’ is uncertain (Biella 1982, 454).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry QA-*310-I.

  • Sabaicqynqyn ‘administrator, governor,’ including an administrator of a god or king (Biella 1982, 454)
  • Arabicqaynqayn ‘smith, artisan’
  • Hebrewqēnîqēnî ‘Kenite’ (formal comparison; semantic relationship uncertain)
Linear A Lexicon