KI-DA-RO

personal name, 'Dark' (√ḳ-d-r 'be dark'; cf. Hebrew Qēdār)

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Reading
Qidaru
Confidence
Probable
Root
*ḳVḏar-/*ḳVḏur- ‘be dirty’ 1, ‘be dark’ 2
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
#69 of the top 100

Compared forms

  • HebrewקֵדָרQēdārQēdār (קֵדָר) ‘Kedar’, son of Ishmael, an Arabian people; qādar (קָדַר) ‘be dark, mourn’ (HALOT 1072)
  • Ugaritic𐎖𐎄𐎗qdrqdr ‘darkening’ (DULAT)

Attestations2 cited

  1. HT 117a3DKI-DA-RO 1Qidaru (personal name, 'Dark')
  2. HT 47aKI-DA-RO[unread

Commentary

HT 117a: KI-DA-RO 1 in the SA-TA roster, beside KU-KU-DA-RA, KO-SA-I-TI, DA-MI-NU and DA-NE-KU-TI, each counted once; HT 47a: KI-DA-RO 5 after KU-PA₃-NA-TU 20, DU 20 and PI 10. A personal name, Qidaru ‘Dark’, from √ḳ-d-r ‘be dark’, as Heb. Qēdār, Ishmael’s son and an Arabian people (Gen 25:13), from qādar ‘be dark, mourn’. Rival: PS *ḳidr- ‘earthenware’ (Ar. qidr, Heb. qədērā, Aram. qidrā), the noun of A-KI-DA-RO (KH Wa 1002) ʾa-qidrū ‘the earthenware’, with A- the article or a prosthetic aleph. Two attestations, both lists of people.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 117a–bHaghia Triada…ki-da-ro
Linear A Lexicon