# \*ladan-: 'ladanum (aromatic resin)'

> Proto-Semitic *ladan-, 'ladanum (aromatic resin)': reflexes in 8 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ladan- |
| Meaning | 'ladanum (aromatic resin)' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | ladinnu, ladunu, ladnu, among tribute from the West (CAD L 36) | CAD L 36 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ladnā (HALOT 527); laḏnā (LGz. 322) | HALOT 527; LGz. 322 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | lōdᵉnā 'ladanum, a soft resin, a product of the Cistus' (Jastrow 695) | Jastrow 695 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ladan (HALOT 527; LGz. 322) | HALOT 527; LGz. 322 |  |
| Arabic | laḏun, lāḏun, lawdanūn (LGz. 322); lāda/in (HALOT 528) | LGz. 322; HALOT 528 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | ldn (LGz. 322) | LGz. 322 |  |
| Geez | lozān (LGz. 322) | LGz. 322 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | lōṭ (HALOT 527–528) | HALOT 527–528 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Culture word, &gt; Greek λάδανον (HALOT 527; CAD L 36). Hebrew lōṭ has ṭ against d elsewhere. Not 3140 \*nakʾat- 'aromatic gum (tragacanth gum; ladanum resin)' nor 714 \*lada/un- 'be soft or wet'.

## Linked from

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

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