- dafana
- conceal, bury [Sem s-p-n, Mal difen, Akk ssapanu, ssapunu (north), Heb tzofen (code), tzafon (north), Amh ttsheffene (close the eyes), JNA ssafon (north), Phoen sspn]
Arabic etymological dictionary. 2013.
dafana
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