Proto-Semitic root
*parw- ~ *parr-
‘skin, fur, husk, etc’
di Mino’s gloss: skin, hide, pelt; husk
Record 1995 ↗ · SED semet 2179 · Basis: SED
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
Hebrew parwā ‘fur’ is Modern Hebrew; Rabbinic Hebrew has only the Temple’s liškat ha-parwā, where the hides of offerings were salted (b. Yoma 19a), and b. Yoma 35a explains the name as a magus (ʾamgūšā). Lane 2390: farwa is ‘a skin, but not unless having upon it fur or wool’.
Reflexes4 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadianpāru, parru, bāru SB on [AHw 836]paru A (parru, baru) (CAD P 209).gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic1
- Syrian Aramaicpartā (pl. parrē) 'branhusk, chaff (of seed)dandruff (scale of the head)' [Brock 591]
Arabic1
- Arabicfarwat- ‘skin of the head’ [BK 2 588]farw- ‘pelisse, a garment lined with fur’ [ibid.]
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1
- Geezfarra [LGz 166]gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.