*ḏiḳan-: '(bearded) chin, beard'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḏiḳan-
Meaning'(bearded) chin, beard'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 105

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicḏaḳan-, ḏiḳan- 'chin, beard' [BK 1 776]BK 1 776
Soqotridíḳehon (dáḳehan, dóḳehan) [LS 134]; QALAN.-V dǝ́ḳhɔn [SSL LS 1455; SSL 4 94]; déḳhon (SLOnline 8669)LS 134; SSL LS 1455; SSL 4 94; SLOnline 8669gloss withheld
Akkadianziḳnu OA, OB on [CAD z 125], [AHw 1530]CAD z 125; AHw 1530
Eblaitic/ḏaḳa/ūnum/ in SU6DÙ = ša-ga-núm, ša-gu-nu-um (cf. /tuztáḳḳinum/ KAxKID.SAR = tù-uš-tá-gi-nu/núm [DULAT 275])DULAT 275
Mandaic Aramaicdiḳna (also ziḳna) [DM 167, 109]DM 167, 109
Ugariticdḳn [DULAT 275]DULAT 275gloss withheld
Modern ArabicNYEM ḏiḳin [Behnstedt 416]; YEM dign [Piamenta 168]Behnstedt 416; Piamenta 168
Phoenicianzḳn [T 95]T 95
Modern AramaicMAL ḏeḳna [Berg 22] MLH deḳno [J Mlah 172] HRT daḳḳonta [J Hert 185], daḳna [ibid.] NASS diḳna [Tser 057] MMND deḳnā, abs. dāḳen [M MND 493] GZR díḳna [Nak 72] AZR diḳna [Garb 305]Berg 22; J Mlah 172; J Hert 185; Tser 057; M MND 493; Nak 72; Garb 305gloss withheld
Hebrewzāḳān (HALOT 278)HALOT 278gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicdǝḳan (diḳnā) [Ja 319], [DJPA 154b apud CAL]; dḳn; dyḳnhJa 319; DJPA 154b; CALgloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicdaḳnā [Brock 164]Brock 164
AramaicOLD zḳn [HJ 339]HJ 339
Puniczqn 'beard'Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḏqn
Epigraphic South ArabianSAB ḏḳn; mḏḳn; mḏḳnt; b-ḏḳn (SED I 60); ḏqn (Sabaweb lemma 4049)SED I 60; Sabaweb lemma 4049gloss withheld

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Notes

Cf. 3328 *ḏḳn 'to be old, grow old', 3329 *ḏiḳn- 'old man'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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