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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔanp-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Etymology

Ultimately of onomatopoeic origin due to the presence of a nasal consonant.

Noun

*ʔanp- m

  1. nose, nostril

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒀊𒁍 (appum)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: أَنْف (ʔanf)
        • Moroccan Arabic: نيف (nīf)
        • Ottoman Turkish: انف (enf)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Aramaic:
          Biblical Aramaic: אַנְפַּיָּא (ʾanpayyā, face)
          Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַפֵּי (ʾappē, face)
          Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: אַף m (ʾap̄, nose) (emphatic: אַפָּא (ʾappā)), אַפִּין m pl (ʾappīn, face) (emphatic: אַפַּיָּא (ʾappayyā))
        • Canaanite:
        • Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎔 (ảp /⁠ʾappu⁠/)
      • Old South Arabian:
        • Minaean: 𐩱𐩬𐩰 (ʾnf, wall, mure, façade of a fortification)
        • Sabaean: 𐩱𐩰 (ʾf, front, plural 𐩱𐩱𐩬𐩰 (ʾʾnf))
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Gafat: ኣᎈ (āfʷä)
      • Ge'ez: አንፍ (ʾänf)
      • Harari: ኡፍ (ʾuf)
      • Tigre: ኣንፍ (ʾanəf)
      • Tigrinya: ኣንፊ (ʾanfi)

References

  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 10–11 No. 8
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