נ־ת־ן
Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Akkadian n-d-n and less certainly Arabic ن ت ن (n-t-n). See נָתַן for more.
The "citizenship" sense comes from נָתִין (“servant of the temple”, literally “given (to the temple)”).
Derived terms
Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־ת־ן (0 c, 11 e)
Further reading
- “נ־ת־ן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- “נ־ת־ן”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “נתן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, pages 431a–b
- A. Murtonen (1989) “NTN”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 294
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