Proto-Semitic root
*ḳarn-
‘horn’ 1, ‘to fight, oppose’ 2, ‘to guard’ 3
di Mino’s gloss: horn; to fight, guard; companion
Record 1959 ↗ · SED semet 2136 · Basis: SED, meaning edited
In Linear A3 entries
Reflexes27 languages
Northwest Semitic11
- Mandaic Aramaicḳarna [DM 403]
- Ugariticḳrn [Aist 283]
- Biblical Aramaicḳärän (ḳarnā) (BDB 1111)
- PhoenicianPHO ḳrn [T 294]
- Modern AramaicNSYR ḳāna [MP 122] MMND ḳarna [M MND 506] IRAN *ḳānā (is written ḳrnʔ) c. suff. ḳânugloss withheld
- Hebrewḳärän (HALOT 1144)
- Judaic Aramaicḳǝran, ḳärän (ḳarnā) [Ja 1422]ḳrn [DJPA 506b apud CAL]
- Syrian Aramaicḳarnā [Brock 697]
- AramaicPLM ḳrnʔ [HJ 1034]
- Punicqrn ‘horn’Anderson–Moser 2024 root qrn
- Amorite*qarn (HALOT 1144)qarn: qar-na-na, qar-na-na-an, qar-na-nu-umqarniy: qa-ar-ni-yu-ummaqrin: ma-aq-ri-in (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 351–352)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicḳarn- [BK 2 727]qarana 3 (Biella 467)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab qrn, qrnw 2qrn, qrnm 3 (Biella 467)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian13
- Mehriḳōn (pl. ḳǝrūn) [JM 236]
- Soqotriḳan (pl. ḳírihon) [LS 377]
- Harsusiḳōn (pl. ḳerōn) [JH 77]
- Tigreḳär, ḳärn [LH 242]
- East EthiopicSEL WOL ZWY ḳär [LGur 494]
- Geezḳarn [LGz 442]
- GurageMUH GOG ḳär, CHA ENN END GYE ḳän, EZ̆A MSQ ḳänn [LGur 494]
- Jibbaliḳun (pl. ḳérún) [JJ 150].
- Amharicḳänd [K 791]
- Harariḳār [LHar 128]gloss withheld
- Gafatḳänd [LGaf 224]
- Tigrinyaḳärni [Bass 255]
- Argobbaqand(a) (OLA80 §17.7)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.