Proto-Semitic root
*ŝarr-
‘king, prince, official’
di Mino’s gloss: king, prince; queen
Record 3463 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A5 entries
Notes
Areal reconstruction *ŝarr- ‘king’ (Kogan 2015, 92 apud SEDonline 2076). Cf. 15 *sVrw(-ay)- ‘(military) chief, prince’, 52 *malik- ‘king’.
Reflexes7 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianšarru (CAD Š/2 76; AHw 1188)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticcf. sa-la-lum, sa-ra-ru₁₂-um /Sarr, s₁arr/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 278)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic5
- Ugariticšr (DULAT 829; SEDonline 2076)gloss withheld
- Hebrewŝar (HALOT 1351 apud SEDonline 2076)gloss withheld
- Amoriteśarru, śartu (Buck 2019, 332)gloss withheld
- Emaršar-ru, šàr-ru /śarrū/ (Pentiuc 2001, 171)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianšr (DNWSI 1190)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.