ܬܢܝܢܐ

From Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dnn/*tnn (“to be mighty, to be strong; to be fortified, to be long lasting, to stay at a place; to rumble, to earthquake, to shake with a booming noise”). Also found as Jewish Aramaic תַּנִּינָא‎ (tannīnā), Arabic تِنِّين‎ (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין‎ (tannīn), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän), Amharic ተመን (tämän).

• IPA^(key): [tanninɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tannine] (plural)

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tannīnā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ (tannīnē))

1. dragon, sea serpent, monster
2. snake, serpent, adder
3. (alchemy) spice-box, slender perforated bronze vessel used to hold dry herbs

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tannīnā) m

1. (religion, figuratively) Satan, the Devil
2. (astronomy) Draco

From the root ܬ-ܢ-ܐ‎ (t-n-ʾ) related to recounting.

• IPA^(key): [tɛnjɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tɛnjɑne] (plural)

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tenyānā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܢܝܢܬܐ‎)

1. second, double
2. two-years old

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tenyānā) m (plural ܬܢܝܢܐ (tenyānē))

1. iteration, repetition, recitation
2. citing, recounting
3. tale, story
4. commemoration
5. grandson
6. two-year old
7. young, offspring
8. mate, cellmate
9. representative, subprior, second-in-command

• “tnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “tnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 394a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 616b-617a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1655b