Dahan

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Dahan arabice damula.


Apparatus:

The word is not an extra entry but added on to the previous entry Danula in B and Damula in ef.
Dahan AC | dhan fp | dhan dan e | dham ul' dhanadan B {printer is unsure about the correct reading} | Dan j
arabice om. jp
damula | danula B

Ms. f's combined entries read: Damula al’ si͞le cap’olo minor tñ arabice dict͡m dhan.


Translation:

Dahan is Arabic for Latin damula {"little goat-like animal"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﻀﺄﻥ /ḍaʔn/ "sheep". Simon's translation is somewhat loose.

See also: Damula


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