the etymology of the name is subject to speculations

two main lines of interpretation follow the meaning the root attains in Eastern Semitic and
Western Semitic languages
accordingly the root conveys the meaning of wind, breath analogically to Hebrew ruah and
per extensor denotes a deity or demon; such situation is witnessed in Akkadian
meanwhile in languages like Ugaritic, Hebrew or Arabic the root means night or anything that
has to do with nocturnal