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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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qinn قِنّ , pl. ʔaqnān , ʔaqinnaẗ 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√QNː (QNN) 
n. 
slave, serf – WehrCowan1979. 
Perhaps akin to Akk qinnu ‘nest, lair; (hence also:) family, clan, kinsman’, from Sem *qinn‑ ‘nest’ (slaves being looked at as belonging to one’s family, or clan)? Another suggestion is to relate it to ↗qanā / qanà ‘to buy, acquire; to possess’ (slaves as ‘purchased and owned’ items?).
 
ClassAr also †qinniyyaẗ ‘slavery, serfdom’ (Lane) 
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▪ Does qinn ‘slave, serf’ belong to the idea expressed in Akk qinnu ‘nest, lair; (hence also:) family, clan, kinsman’ (slaves, serfsmen being considered part of a household, a ‘nest’)? If so, qinn is akin to ↗qunn ‘chicken coop’.
▪ But perhaps the item is related to ↗qanā / qanà ‘to buy, acquire; to possess’ (slaves seen as ‘purchased and owned’ items) rather than to QNː(QNN).
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► qunūnaẗ, n.f., slavery, serfdom 
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