נ־ת־ן

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Compare Akkadian n-d-n and less certainly Arabic ن ت ن (n-t-n). See נָתַן for more.

The "citizenship" sense comes from נָתִין (servant of the temple, literally given (to the temple)).

Root

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נ־ת־ן (n-t-n)

  1. Related to giving.
  2. Related to allowing, permitting.
  3. Related to citizenship.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • נ־ת־ן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • נ־ת־ן”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “נתן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, pages 431a–b
  • A. Murtonen (1989) “NTN”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 294