# \*duhn-, \*daha/in-: 'fat'

> Proto-Semitic *duhn-, *daha/in-, 'fat': reflexes in 13 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>) › [D](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/d/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*duhn-, \*daha/in- |
| Meaning | 'fat' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1121 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | duhn- 'oil, grease' \[BK 1 745\]; dahin- 'grease' \[ibid.\] | BK 1 745 |  |
| Tigre | dähanä \[LH 509\]; mädhanät \[ibid.\]. | LH 509 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | DHN \[DM 103\] | DM 103 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | (?) Sel Wol Zw däl, Zw dälam, etc. |  | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | (?) Cha Gye dän, E M Ms Go dänn; Cha däniya, etc. (LGur 205), \*dǝnäddänä ibid. 212 | LGur 205 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | HRT dohna \[J Hert 186\] AZR dihna \[Garb 303\] | J Hert 186; Garb 303 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | PB dāhōn 'fattening substance, urin-soaked dung' \[Ja 281\] | Ja 281 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | dahănā 'fat (n.)' \[Ja 281\]; cf. dǝhīn 'fat (adj.)', dhn (Pe., Pa) 'to be fat; to fatten' \[ibid.\] | Ja 281 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | dūhānā 'fat, fatness' \[Brock 143\]. Cf. dahrā do. \[ibid.\] | Brock 143 |  |
| Aramaic | PLM dhn \[HJ 242\] | HJ 242 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | dandana (LGz. 136) | LGz. 136 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | dänäddänä (LGz. 136) | LGz. 136 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | dänäddäna (LGz. 136) | LGz. 136 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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