# \*warḫ- 'moon'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: moon, month
- SED semet 3045
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/w/2511_moon.md

## In Linear A

- [JA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-RA/index.md>) (Yaraḫ): Moon (personal name, after the moon god); rival yarē 'he instructs'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: warḫ- (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)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: yrḫ (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.2.1 no. 54)
- Phoenician: yrḥ
- Hebrew: yārēaḥ (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54); yeraḥ (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wrḥ]
- Mandaic Aramaic: yahrā (HALOT 437)
- Aramaic: yrḥ 'month' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wrḥ]
- Punic: yrḥ 'moon' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wrḥ]
- Syrian Aramaic: yarḫā (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 Aramaic: yǝraḥ (HALOT 437)
- Judaic Aramaic: yarḥā (HALOT 437)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic wrḫ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 141) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: wrḫ (LGz. 617) (Sabaweb lemma 1850); Qat. wrḫ (Ricks 1982 s.v. wrḫm) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Tigre: wärǝḥ (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)
- East Ethiopic: Wol wari (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)
- Geez: wärḫ; warḫ (LGz. 617) (gloss withheld)
- Harari: waḥri (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)
- Tigrinya: warḥ-i (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54)
- Argobba: wärəh (LGz. 617)
- Jibbali: ōrḫ (LGz. 617) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: wär (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54) (gloss withheld)
- Gurage: Muh Gog Sod wärä (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54) (gloss withheld)
- Mehri: warḫ (Kogan 2015, ch. 1 §1.3 no. 54) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.