# \*badan-: 'body; (corpse)'

> Proto-Semitic *badan-, 'body; (corpse)': reflexes in 9 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*badan- |
| Meaning | 'body; (corpse)' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2018 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | badan- 'body, (especially) trunk' \[BK 1 98\] | BK 1 98 |  |
| Mehri | bǝdēn \[JM 43\] | JM 43 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | bedán \[JH 15\] | JH 15 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | bädän, bädǝn \[LH 297\] | LH 297 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | badn \[LGz 87\] | LGz 87 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | MMND badan \[M MND 494\] | M MND 494 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | bédɛ́n \[JJ 23\] | JJ 23 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | bädǝn \[K 937\] | K 937 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | bädni 'corpse of a man or of a beast' \[Bass 338\] | Bass 338 |  |

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## Linked from

- [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>)

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