Hebrew edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ק־ר־ן (q-r-n)

From Proto-Semitic *ḳarn- (horn). Cognate with Arabic قَرْن (qarn).

Noun edit

קֶרֶן (kérenf (plural indefinite קרניים / קַרְנַיִם) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. horn, antler, (of an animal)
  2. ray, beam (beam of light or radiation)
    • 1891, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Her Eyes 5–6:
      קַרְנֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ הָאַחֲרוֹנוֹת / קָרְנוּ בֵּין הֶעָלִים; / כִּתְמֵי אוֹר כְּדִינְרֵי זָהָב / שֻׁפְּכוּ בֵּין הַצְּלָלִים.
      qarnei shemesh ha'akharonot / qarnu bein he'alim; / kitmei 'or k'dinrei zahav / shupkhu bein hats'lalim
      The last sun beams / shone between the leaves; / Stains of light like dinars of gold / spilled between the shadows.
  3. corner
  4. (music) horn, bugle (Any of several musical wind instruments.)
  5. (biochemistry) keratin
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Verb edit

קָרַן (karán) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. radiate, shine
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Proper noun edit

קֶרֶן (kerenf

  1. a female given name, Karen

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ק־ר־ן (q-r-n)

Noun edit

קֶרֶן (kérenf (plural indefinite קְרָנוֹת, singular construct קֶרֶן־, plural construct קַרְנוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. the base price paid as compensation without the added penalty

From which the following terms derive

  1. capital, fund (money dedicated to a purpose)
  2. fund, foundation, principal (company or organisation dedicated to a purpose)
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References edit

  • קרן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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