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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
Appendix II Semitic Roots |
| ENTRY: | q n. |
| DEFINITION: | To be(come) thin, fine, small. cotton, from Arabic qun, quun, cotton, perhaps akin to Akkadian qat nu, to be(come) thin, fine (of textiles), or perhaps borrowed from an unknown source. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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