# \*nVḏr- 'vow, votive offering' 1, 'to warn, be on guard' 2

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

- Author's gloss: to vow; vow, votive offering; to warn
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/n/2709_vow_votive_offering_1_to_warn_be_on_guard_2.md

## In Linear A

- [NA-DA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NA-DA-RE/index.md>) (Nadr): personal name, 'Vow' (√n-d-r); rival Egyptian PN 'of-the-hand-of-Re'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: nazāru (CAD N/2 139) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ndr (DULAT 613) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ndr (Krahmalkov 326) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: neder (HALOT 674) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: nidrā; ndr (HALOT 674; DJPA 342a apud CAL)
- Punic: ndr; ναδωρ (HALOT 674); ndʿr; N.Pu. nʿdr (T 211) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: ndr (HALOT 674; DNWSI 717)
- Syrian Aramaic: nedrā, nᵉdārā (HALOT 674; Payne Smith 328)
- Amorite: ndr (Gelb AS 21, 27); n-d-r: cf. ia-an-du-rum(?) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 80) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: ndr (T 210)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic nḏr 1; Dadanitic nḏr 1; Hismaic nḏr 1, nḏr 1 (Al-Jallad 2026, 99) (gloss withheld)
- Arabic: naḏara (BK 2, 1231); naḏira, munḏir 2 (Biella 295) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab nḏr (SD 91; Biella 99, 294) (Sabaweb lemmas 4603, 4604); mnḏrm 2 (Biella 295); hḏrw 2 (SD 91) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Soqotri: naddara (HALOT 674)
- Tigre: naddara (HALOT 674)
- Geez: nāzara; nāzāri, nəzur (LGz. 412) (gloss withheld)

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