< Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/ʕayr-
Proto-West Semitic
Noun
*ʕayr- m[1]
- ass, donkey
Descendants
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: عَيْر (ʿayr, “wild ass, onager”)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: עַיִר (ʿayr, “donkey foal”)
- Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎗 (ʿr, “ass”)
- Canaanite:
- Modern South Arabian:
- Harsusi: ḥayr (“donkey”)
- Mehri: ḥayr (“male donkey”)
- Shehri: aḥyɛ́r
- → Akkadian: 𒀲𒄩𒀀𒊏𒄠 (ḫa-a-ra-am /ḫārum/, “male ass, foal”), 𒀲𒀀𒅀𒊏𒄠 (a-ia-ra-am /ajarum, ayarum/, “donkey”)[1]
References
- “ḫāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 6, Ḫ, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956, page 118