# \*ṭVḥan-: 'grind corn, pound'

> Proto-Semitic *ṭVḥan-, 'grind corn, pound': reflexes in 16 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṭVḥan- |
| Meaning | 'grind corn, pound' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1506 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ṭḥn \[-a-\]; ṭaḥana 'he ground (the wheat), made it into flour' (Lane 1831) | Lane 1831 |  |
| Mehri | ṭeḥan |  |  |
| Soqotri | ṭaḥan; ṭáḥan (SLOnline 7383) | SLOnline 7383 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | ṭeḥan |  |  |
| Jibbali | ṭaḥan |  |  |
| Hebrew | ṭḥn |  |  |
| Geez | ṭaḥana (LGz. 590) | LGz. 590; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṭḥn | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ṭḥn (DULAT 875) | DULAT 875; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ṭḥn | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | ṭḥn (HALOT 374; Sabaweb lemma 5315) | HALOT 374; Sabaweb lemma 5315 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | ṭēnu (HALOT 374; AHw 1387); ṭênu (CAD Ṭ 98) | HALOT 374; AHw 1387; CAD Ṭ 98 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | ṭəḥan (LGz. 590) | LGz. 590 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ṭəḥen (LGz. 590) | LGz. 590 |  |
| Tigrinya | ṭäḥanä (LGz. 590) | LGz. 590 |  |
| Tigre | ṭäḥana (LGz. 590) | LGz. 590 |  |
| Harari | ṭäḥana (LGz. 590) | LGz. 590 |  |
| Eblaitic | ṭa-ʾà-nu-um (Kogan 2011, 241; VE 656; Krebernik 1983, 25), /ṭaḥānum/ (Krebernik 1983, 25); a-da-i-in, da-ʔà-núm/nu-um /ṭ-ḥ-n/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 308) | Kogan 2011 241; VE 656; Krebernik 1983, 25; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 308 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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