Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Apparently from the root ع ث ن (ʕ-ṯ-n) related to fumigation; the beard is an apt place to apply aromates, Ethiopian Semitic ዕጣን (ʿəṭan, incense).

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Noun edit

عُثْنُون (ʕuṯnūnm (plural عَثَانِين (ʕaṯānīn))

  1. goatee
  2. rain beginning to fall or wind beginning to blow
  3. (plural only, figurative) commencement, first breeze of something

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