[Thinkin' Gal]

Marsh Arabs, known as Ma'adan...

Sometimes the Hebrew dictionaries can help flesh out similar Semetic words.

04574 ma`adan {mah-ad-awn'} or (fem.) ma`adannah {mah-ad-an-naw'}
from 05727; TWOT - 1567d; n m

AV - delicately 2, dainties 1, delight 1; 4
1) dainty (food), delight

from 05727

05727 `adan {aw-dan'}
a primitive root; TWOT - 1567; v
AV - delighted themselves 1; 1

1) (Hithpael) to luxuriate, delight oneself

That's the same as...

05729 `Eden {eh'-den}
from 05727;; n pr loc

AV - Eden 3; 3

Eden = "pleasure"
1) a place conquered by Assyria; probably located in the northwest of
Mesopotamia

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The letter mem is often prefixed to a root to form a word that is, in a sense, "out of" or "from" the root.

Example: migdal (tower) from gadal (magnify, grow, be great)

Thus, the ma`adan could simply be the people "from" a place called Eden.

[Peelod]

Thinkin' Gal, please keep it up. I really enjoy the puzzle of etymology.

[flaglady47]

Thank you, Thinkin' Gal, that was very edifying.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Well that certainly makes sense! And I believe the restoration is call 'The Eden Project'.