وثن

Arabic

وَثَن

Etymology

Borrowed from Old South Arabian 𐩥𐩻𐩬 (wṯn, boundary stone; stele) which became used for idols set up at border zones.

Noun

وَثَن (waṯan) m (plural وُثُن (wuṯun) or أَوْثَان (ʾawṯān))

  1. idol, graven image

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ge'ez: ወተን (wätän, idol)

References

  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 286-287
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 273
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 622
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