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| Hugo Coolens |
 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 2:30 pm |
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Is it possible that the Arabic word kaayin (from the verb kaan-yikuun)
which means "being" is related to the name Cain from the story of Abel
and Cain, as they were the first human _beings_ born in the usual way?
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| Yusuf B Gursey |
| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 2:30 pm |
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In sci.lang Hugo Coolens <hugocoolens@skynet.be> wrote in <4016BC42.DE8C9A88@skynet.be>:
NO!
: Is it possible that the Arabic word kaayin (from the verb kaan-yikuun)
standard arabic: ka:'in / ka:na / yaku:nu
: which means "being" is related to the name Cain from the story of Abel
: and Cain, as they were the first human _beings_ born in the usual way?
the biblical character is qayin (with q- not k-)
the arabic verb has cognates in hebrew with expected root kwn .
Assyrian ka:nu "to be firm" IIRC.
the arabic verb, such a fundamental one, was established before jewish /
christian beliefs established themsleves amongst the arabs. |
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| Yusuf B Gursey |
| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 2:30 pm |
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unrelated, but as a side note, "Genesis" in the Arabic Bible
is at-takwi:n (kita:bu~t-takwi:n) . |
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