# \*ḏiḳan-: '(bearded) chin, beard'

> Proto-Semitic *ḏiḳan-, '(bearded) chin, beard': reflexes in 15 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḏiḳan- |
| Meaning | '(bearded) chin, beard' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 105 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḏaḳan-, ḏiḳan- 'chin, beard' \[BK 1 776\] | BK 1 776 |  |
| Soqotri | díḳehon (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 8669 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | ziḳnu 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 Aramaic | diḳna (also ziḳna) \[DM 167, 109\] | DM 167, 109 |  |
| Ugaritic | dḳn \[DULAT 275\] | DULAT 275 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | NYEM ḏiḳin \[Behnstedt 416\]; YEM dign \[Piamenta 168\] | Behnstedt 416; Piamenta 168 |  |
| Phoenician | zḳn \[T 95\] | T 95 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL 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 305 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | zāḳān (HALOT 278) | HALOT 278 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | dǝḳan (diḳnā) \[Ja 319\], \[DJPA 154b apud CAL\]; dḳn; dyḳnh | Ja 319; DJPA 154b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | daḳnā \[Brock 164\] | Brock 164 |  |
| Aramaic | OLD zḳn \[HJ 339\] | HJ 339 |  |
| Punic | zqn 'beard' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḏqn |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | SAB ḏḳn; mḏḳn; mḏḳnt; b-ḏḳn (SED I 60); ḏqn (Sabaweb lemma 4049) | SED I 60; Sabaweb lemma 4049 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

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

## Linked from

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

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