habeen

Uncertain:

• From Proto-Somaloid *hibéèn or *hammeen, which may be from Proto-Cushitic *hamin (compare Beja himni), derived from Proto-Cushitic *ham- (“darkness”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ḥam- (“to be burnt”).
• Or, related to Egyptian hbnj (“African blackwood”) and Tamahaq henbey (“have a black head”).

Cognate with Garre habiin, Aweer habee, Rendille ibeen or ëbên?, Jiiddu hamiin, Baiso hemeen. In Southern Nilotic, compare Nandi ko-imen (“to become evening”)

• IPA^(key): /hɑˈbɛ̂ːn/, [hɑˈbêːn]

habèen m (plural habeenno f)

1. night

   Antonym: maalin