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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *-duHan-
Meaning: 'fat'
Ghadames: ǝ-dḅǝn
Sokna: ta-ḍǝn-t
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): t-adǝn-t
Tawllemmet: tā-dhǝn-t
Taneslemt: ta-dhǝn-t
Zenaga: tǝ-dun-t
Semlal: ta-dun-t
Ntifa: ta-dun-t
Seghrushen: ta-dun-t
Izayan: ta-dunn
Wargla: ta-dun-t
Snus: ta-dun-t
Shawiya: a-ddun-t
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *duhan-
Meaning: fat
Notes: Cf. HSED, 726
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-wch,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1121
Proto-Semitic: *duhn-, *daha/in-
Meaning: fat
Hebrew: PB dāhōn 'fattening substance, urin-soaked dung' [Ja 281]
Aramaic: PLM dhn 'fat' [HJ 242]
Judaic Aramaic: dahănā 'fat (n.)' [Ja 281]; cf. dǝhīn 'fat (adj.)', dhn (Pe., Pa) 'to be fat; to fatten' [ibid.]
Syrian Aramaic: dūhānā 'pingue, pinguedo' [Brock 143]. Cf. dahrā do. [ibid.] (a variant root ?)
Modern Aramaic: HRT dohna '(tierisches) Fett' [J Hert 186] AZR dihna 'fat (s.)' [Garb 303]
Mandaic Aramaic: DHN 'to grow fat, be fat' [DM 103]; cf. duhna 'prosperity' [ibid. 104], with a feasible meaning shift
Arabic: duhn- 'huile, graisse' [BK 1 745]; dahin- 'graisse' [ibid.]
Tigre: dähanä 'to give butter as a present or as a tribute' [LH 509]; mädhanät 'butter as a present or a tribute' [ibid.]. Though not attested in other ETH, hardly a loan-word from ARB where this verbal meaning is not found
East Ethiopic: (?) Sel Wol Zw däl 'belly', Zw dälam, etc. 'one who has a big stomach'
Gurage: (?) Cha Gye dän, E M Ms Go dänn 'belly'; Cha däniya, etc. 'one who has a big stomach' (LGur 205 <*däl), *dǝnäddänä 'be stout, fat, thick' ibid. 212
Notes: JIB dɛhɛ́n 'to have a bad smell' [JJ 36] compared in [DRS] is semantically doubtful. Cf. ETH *dandana 'to be fat, stout, thick' [LGur 212] (see [LGz 136] for possible cognates outside ETH); if related as a primary stem reduplicated, -h in *duhn- is rather to be understood as a secondary triconsonantizer.
[Maizel 152]; [DRS 228]: ARM, ARB, TGR, JIB; [Brock 143]: SYR, JUD, ARB; [DM 103]: MND, JUD, SYR
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Proto-WChadic: *diHʷVn-
Meaning: 'fat' 1, 'oil' 2 , 'plump, thick' 3
Sura: ḍɔ́ŋ 1 , 3 [ JgS] fett ,dick (von Personnen)'
Kofyar: ḍuwan 3 [TAS:98]
Polchi: ḍiin 2 [Cs N 201]
Notes: cf. that this root is not realated to Mupun-Goemay *ḍwm 'big, to swell', as suggested in [TAS:98]
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-sur,wchet-kof,wchet-pol,wchet-notes,
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