*ḫbn: 'fold (of a garment or of the arms)'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ḫbn
Meaning	'fold (of a garment or of the arms)'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	ḫabūnu (CAD Ḫ 21)	CAD Ḫ 21	gloss withheld
Arabic	ḫabana 'he folded it, namely, a garment, in its skirt, and sewed it, in order that it might become shorter'; iḫtabana 'he took and carried the thing beneath the part extending from his armpit to his flank'; ḫubna 'the doubled upper border of the trousers, in which one hides a thing; or the raised skirt of the garment, in which one carries a thing' (Lane 700)	Lane 700
Geez	ḫabana (yəḫbən); ḫəbbāne (LGz. 256)	LGz. 256	gloss withheld

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Lane 700 gives ḫabana 'fold (a garment)' as equivalent to ṯabana. Not 1261 *ḫaban- 'vessel'.

Updated 26 October 2026