conc▪ Philologists who derive the Qur’anic word siǧǧīn from this root suggest ‘containment’ as the semantic link between the two, but it has also been suggested that it could be a borrowing from Lat insignia, the Roman emperor’s stamp which used to be affixed to important records. Also it has been suggested that this root was borrowed from Pers or Gz – BAH2008.