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Etymology 1
From /, as well as 🇨🇬 from , from , ultimately from.

Alternatively, from, presumably via , then the above , ultimately from , cognate to 🇨🇬 and , presumably indicating “putting one's finger” to sign or seal a royal document.

The root “related to imprinting” in Arabic is merely derived from the borrowing. /, , 🇨🇬, all meaning “to sink, to be dipped or drown” etc., are rather variants of / , , see them; other meanings of the Aramaic and Hebrew roots related to “coining” and “shaping” and “specifying” are derived from the seal borrowing.

Compare 🇨🇬 representing a potential equivalent. For more on the foreign pattern see.

Noun

 * 1) postage stamp
 * 2) stamp
 * 3) die for branding
 * 4) impression, imprint, sealing, what a stamp or seal leaves

Etymology 2
of.

Noun

 * 1) printer
 * 2) person who seals
 * 3) stamp, mark