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سكين

skien

sword

مُدْيَة

μαχαίρι

cotèl

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/sik.kiːn/

From Aramaic סכינא (sakkīnā), from Akkadian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (sikkānum, “oar, steering paddle, rudder blade”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (^(g̃eš)zi-gan /⁠zigan⁠/, “oar, steering paddle, rudder blade”). This is related to or possibly conflated with the Semitic س ك ن (s k n) meaning to stay in place, to be held at rest, and with the Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (sikkatum, “peg, nail, a lock or pin broach, cone, wedge, pyramid, pinnacle, plowshare”), a source attested also in Arabic سَكّ (sakk, “pin, peg, nail, stake, wedge, plowshare”); cognate with Classical Syriac ܣܰܟܺܝܢܳܐ (sakkīnā) and Hebrew סַכִּין (sakkī́n).