Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/našr-

This Proto-West Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Noun

*našr- m

eagle, vulture

Descendants

Arabic: نَسْر‎ (nasr)
- Egyptian Arabic: نسر‎ (nisr)
- Hijazi Arabic: نَسِر‎ (nasir)
Aramaic::
Classical Syriac: ܢܫܪܐ‎ (nišrā)

Jewish Aramaic: נִשְׁרָא‎ (nišrā)
Hebrew: נֶשֶׁר‎ (néšer)
Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎌𐎗 (nšr)
Ethio-Semitic:
- Amharic: ንስር (nəsr)
- Ge'ez: ንስር (nəsr)
- Tigre: ንስር (nǝsǝr)
- Tigrinya: ንስሪ (nǝsri)
Old South Arabian:
- Hadrami: 𐩬𐩪𐩧‎ (ns¹r)
Modern South Arabian:
- Mehri: nōhər‎
- Shehri: núšer, nuser
- Soqotri: nóyhir
→ Akkadian: 𒈾𒀾𒊒 (našru)

References

Militarev, Alexander; Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 220–221 No. 166

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