dgn / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root dgn: Dagan, Dagon, Mudéjar.

dgn

Common Semitic noun *dagan-, grain.

1. Dagon, from Hebrew dāgôn, from Phoenician *dagōn, grain, storm-god.

2. Mudéjar, from Arabic mudajjan, permitted to remain, Mudéjar, passive participle of dajjana, to allow to remain, derived stem of dajana, to remain (< "to become tame, domesticated" probably denominative from an unattested *dajan, grain).

3. Dagan, from Akkadian dagan, Dagan.

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