ṭ ḥ n
21 lemmas · 7 languages
soundAll three consonants are regularT Deut.9.21
Themes:mill·6grind·4crush·3grinder·3miller·3
POS shape:noun·15verb·4adj·2
This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*ṭ-ḥ-nProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎉𐎈𐎐𐎉 𐎈 𐎐— to grind, crush
Canaanite
Hebrewטָחוּןט ח ן— ground, shredded, milled, pulverised, scrunched
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicטְחַןט ח נ— to grind, to pound
Syriacܛܚܢܬܐܛ ܚ ܢ— grinder, miller; baker
Assyrian NAܡܲܛܚܵܢܵܐܛ ܚ ܢ— mill
Arabic
Arabicطَحَّانط ح ن— miller
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Tigrinyaጠሓነጠ ሐ ነ— to grind, to crush
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- to grind, crushFrom Proto-Semitic *ṭaḥan-.
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 1 lemma- to grind, to poundFrom Proto-Semitic *ṭaḥan-.
Classical Syriac
syc · 1 lemma- grinder, miller; bakerFrom the root ܛ ܚ ܢ related to grinding.
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- millTool noun from the verb ܛܵܚܹܢ (ṭāḥēn, “to grind”); compare Arabic مَطْحَنَة (maṭḥana) and Hebrew טַחֲנָה (takhaná).
Hebrew
he · 8 lemmas- ground, shredded, milled, pulverised, scrunched
- mill
- grinding grain into flour
- grinder
- to grind, to crushFrom Proto-Semitic *ṭaḥan-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒁲𒂊𒉡𒌝 (ṭênum) and Arabic طَحَنَ (ṭaḥana).
- Defective spelling of ביטחון
- windmill
- self-confidence, aplomb.From בִּיטָּחוֹן (bitakhón, “security”) + עַצְמִי (atsmí).
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- millerOccupational noun from the root ط ح ن (ṭ ḥ n).
- ground, crushedFrom the root ط ح ن (ṭ ḥ n) related to grinding.
- flourFrom the root ط ح ن (ṭ ḥ n) related to grinding.
- alternative form of طَاحُونَة (ṭāḥūna): mill
- tahini, paste made from ground sesame seedsFrom the root ط ح ن (ṭ ḥ n) related to grinding.
- mill (the place where a miller works)Noun of place from the root ط ح ن (ṭ ḥ n).
- mill, grinder (the contrivance whereby milling is accomplished)Tool noun from the root ط ح ن (ṭ ḥ n).
- mill
Tigrinya
ti · 1 lemma- to grind, to crushFrom Proto-Semitic *ṭaḥan-.