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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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qāniⁿ , det. qānī قانٍ/قاني 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√QNY 
adj. 
↗qān(in) (√QāN). 
↗qān(in) (√QāN). 
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↗qān(in) (√QāN). 
↗qān(in) (√QāN). 
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QHR قهر 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 3May2023
√QHR 
“root” 
▪ QHR_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ QHR_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ QHR_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to conquer, subjugate, compel, subdue; to be scanty’ 
▪ Ar root √QHR ‘to conquer, vanquish’ – Huehnergard2011.
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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl Cairo, from Ar al-qāhiraẗ ‘the conquering one’, PA f. of qahara, vb. I, ‘to conquer, vanquish’. 
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QHW قهو 
ID 720 • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√QHW 
“root” 
▪ QHW_1 ‘coffee; wine; † milk; dark, dim, faint, dull; weak; bad breath; to show o.s. submissive, obedient’ ↗qahwaẗ .
▪ QHW_2 See also ↗√QH . 
▪ From CSem *√QHW, also *√KHW, ‘to be(come) weak, dim, dull, dark’ – Huehnergard2011.
 
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▪ Any relation between √QHW and √QHY‑ ? Huehnergard2011 seems to regard Sem *QHW, *QHY, *KHW and *KHY as almost interchangeable. His lemma qhw starts with “Also [!] khw ” and continues saying that Ar qahwaẗ‑ ‘coffee’ < ‘wine’ (originally perhaps ‘dark stuff’) is “akin to” Ar kahiy‑ †‘to be(come) weak’, Aram kəhā, qəhā, Hbr kāhâ, qāhâ ‘to be(come) dim, faint, dull’. He reconstructs the value ‘to be(come) weak, dim, dull, dark’ for Central Sem. 
▪ Engl café, cafeteria, caffeine, coffee ↗qahwaẗ. 
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