Where does “قينة” come from?
قينة (Arabic) comes from Arabic قين, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.
قينة (Arabic): songstress, singer; lady's maid
Definitions
- songstress, singer; lady's maid
Ancestry of “قينة”, step by step
قينة traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Arabic قين
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | قين | smith; blacksmith; second-person feminine plural... |
| 2 | Arabic | ي | bound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | ʿayn- | eye |
| 4 | Hebrew | עַיִן | eye |
via Arabic ـَة
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | ـَة | feminine marker, also used to mark language names... |