Proto-Semitic root
*warḫ-
‘moon’
di Mino’s gloss: moon, month
Record 2511 ↗ · SED semet 3045 · Basis: SED
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes24 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianwarḫ- (AHw 1466)
- Eblaitic/yar(i)ḫ, yaraḫ/: cf. names a-ra-ḫé-iš, a-ra-ḫé-su, a-ra-ḫé-zu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 353)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic10
- Ugariticyrḫ (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.2.1 no. 54)
- Phoenicianyrḥ
- Hebrewyārēaḥ (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)yeraḥgloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root wrḥ
- Mandaic Aramaicyahrā (HALOT 437)
- Aramaicyrḥ ‘month’Anderson–Moser 2024 root wrḥ
- Punicyrḥ ‘moon’Anderson–Moser 2024 root wrḥ
- Syrian Aramaicyarḫā (LGz. 617)gloss withheld
- Amorite*yaraḫ < *waraḫ,: eraḫ (Huffmon APNM 170)yar(i)ḫ, yaraḫ: ia-ra-aḫ-tum/tim, DN as second element =ia-ra-aḫ, =e-ra-aḫ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 353)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicyǝraḥ (HALOT 437)
- Judaic Aramaicyarḥā (HALOT 437)
Arabic1
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic wrḫ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 141)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South Arabianwrḫ (LGz. 617) (Sabaweb lemma 1850)Qat. wrḫ (Ricks 1982 s.v. wrḫm)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian10
- Tigrewärǝḥ (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)
- East EthiopicWol wari (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)
- Geezwärḫwarḫ (LGz. 617)gloss withheld
- Harariwaḥri (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)
- Tigrinyawarḥ-i (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)
- Argobbawärəh (LGz. 617)
- Jibbaliōrḫ (LGz. 617)gloss withheld
- Amharicwär (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)gloss withheld
- GurageMuh Gog Sod wärä (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)gloss withheld
- Mehriwarḫ (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.