كاهن

Meaning

  1. diviner, soothsayer, prognosticator, fortune-teller, augur, forecaster
  2. priest

Frequency

C2
Etymology

Derived from the active participle of كَهَنَ (kahana, “to predict the future”), from the root ك ه ن (k h n). Compare Biblical Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kōhḗn), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Aramaic כָּהֲנָא (kāhănā) and Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ.

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