موتان

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic מוֹתָנָא (mōṯānā), ܡܰܘܬܴܢܳܐ (mawṯānā, plague, pestilence), from Akkadian 𒉆𒁁𒈨𒌍 (/mūtānu/), possibly a loan from Amorite or a Hittite intermediary as the Akkadian 𒉡 (/nu, -annu/) is found frequently in loanwords or re-borrowings that have passed through Anatolia. Ultimate origin from Proto-Semitic *mawt- (death, ceasing, non-existence) found as the Arabic root م و ت (m-w-t).

Noun

مَوْتَان or مُوتَان • (mawtān or mūtān) m

(archaic)
  1. plague, pestilence, murrain
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root م و ت (m-w-t)

Noun

مَوَتَان • (mawatān) m

(obsolete)
  1. inanimate goods, dead stock, lands and houses as opposed to beasts or slaves
Declension

Adjective

مَوْتَان • (mawtān)

(obsolete)
  1. inexcitable, dead, dull, not sprightly
Declension

References

  • mwtn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 265
  • Freytag, Georg (1837), موتان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 219
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 74
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), موتان”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1165
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), موتان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2742
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), موتان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1091
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