Personal name · Semitic

WI-DI-NA

personal name, 'our Beloved'

Reading
Widdinā
Type
Personal name Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
WI-DI-NA

Commentary

widd ‘love’ (Lane 2931); Arabian names wdn, wdnt (Harding 1971, 639). Rival: Wadd, a god.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry WI-DI-NA.

  • Sabaicyddydd ‘love’; wdd (Biella 1982, 121); mwd ‘friend’ (Beeston 1982, 156)
  • AmoriteJADIDJADID ‘dear’, IA-DI-DA, IA-DI-DU-UM (Gelb 1980, nos. 3183–3192)
  • Hebrewיָדִידyādîdyādîd (יָדִיד) ‘beloved’ (HALOT 389)
  • Ugaritic𐎊𐎄𐎄yddydd ‘loved’ (DULAT 943)
  • Arabicوَدَّwaddawadda (وَدَّ) ‘to love’, inf. n. wudd, widd, wadd; widād ‘love’ (Lane 2931); names wdn, wdnt (Harding 1971, 639), wdd, wddʾl (637); Wadd, a god (Faris 1952, 9)
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