עדן

Aramaic

Etymology

A Semitic root meaning "time, duration". (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “expand!!”)

Noun

עדן • (transliteration needed)

1. time, duration, year

References

• H5732 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (/⁠edinu⁠/, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʕ)eden/

Proper noun

עֵדֶן • (éden) m

1. (literally) Eden, paradise.
2. (figuratively) Paradise, heaven.

References

• H5731 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ʕ)aden/

Proper noun

עַדֶּן • (aden) f

1. Aden (a port city in Yemen)

Further reading

• Template:projectlink

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Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew עֵדֶן.

Proper noun

עדן • (eydn) m

1. Eden, Garden of Eden

Derived terms

• גן־עדן (gan-eydn)