# \*ṭahar- 'to be clean, pure'

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

- Author's gloss: to be clean, pure; to purify
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%AD/2660_to_be_clean_pure.md

## In Linear A

- [OLE+TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BTU/index.md>): ṭuhūru 'purified/ritually clean oil'
- [TU-\*21F-RI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-*21F-RI-NA/index.md>) (ṭuhārīna): the pure ones (adjective, masculine plural -īna), a grain and oil recipient

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ṭhr (DULAT 875); /ṭuhūru/ (UVST 131) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ṭhr (Krahmalkov 201); ṭhrt (T 119) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ṭāhēr (HALOT 369); ṭhwr (DNWSI 420); ṭhrt (DNWSI 420) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: ṭhr (CAL s.v. ṭhr) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ṭahura 'to be pure, clean' (Lane 1886)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ṭhr (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 137) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ṭhr (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 35; Sabaweb lemma 5314) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ṭahara (LGz. 589) (gloss withheld)
- Jibbali: ṭeher (LGz. 589) (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: ṭähara (LGz. 589) (gloss withheld)
- Gurage: ṭuhara (LGz. 589)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.