𐩶𐩬𐩣

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Sabaean

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Etymology

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Cognate to Arabic غُنْم (ḡunm).

Noun

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𐩶𐩬𐩣 (ġnm)

  1. booty, spoiled riches
    Synonyms: 𐩣𐩠𐩧𐩫 (mhrk), 𐩣𐩡𐩩 (mlt), 𐩶𐩬𐩣𐩩 (ġnmt)
    • second half of 1st century BCE, Ir 20[1]:
      𐩥𐩱𐩩𐩥𐩥 𐩽 𐩨𐩱𐩢𐩡𐩡𐩣 𐩽 𐩥𐩪𐩨𐩺𐩣 𐩽 𐩥𐩶𐩬𐩣𐩣 […] 𐩽 𐩨𐩬 𐩽 𐩱𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩬
      wʾtww bʾḥllm ws¹bym wġnmm […] bn ʾḥbs²n
      /*wa ʾatawū ba-ʾaḥlālim wa-šabyim wa-ġunmim ban ʾaḥbūśāni/
      And they came with spoils and captives and booty [taken] from the Abyssinians […]