*bay(a)n-: 'tamarisk' 1, 'moringa tree' 2

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab bwn (SD 33; Biella 38; Sabaweb lemma 1946); Qat. ʔbwn (pl.) 2 (Ricks 1982 s.v. ʔbwn)	SD 33; Biella 38; Sabaweb lemma 1946; Ricks 1982 s.v. ʔbwn	gloss withheld
Arabic	Ar bānaᵗ, coll bān (Biella 38)	Biella 38
Akkadian	bīnu (Kogan 2011, 202)	Kogan 2011 202	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	ba-ne, ba-nu (Kogan 2011, 202; VE 395; Krebernik 1983, 15); ì-zu ba-ne(-um) /bayn/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 135)	Kogan 2011 202; VE 395; Krebernik 1983, 15; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 135	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	bīnā (Kogan 2011, 202)	Kogan 2011 202	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	bnt 1 (DULAT 230)	DULAT 230	gloss withheld

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Kogan 2011, 202: PS *bay(a)n- 'tamarisk' in Akkadian and Syriac, 'moringa tree' in Arabic and Sabaic.

Updated 22 October 2026