# \*ŝarr- 'king, prince, official'

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

- Author's gloss: king, prince; queen
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%9B/3463_king_prince_official.md

## In Linear A

- [SA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA/index.md>) (šarra): queen, princess (feminine of šarru)
- [SA-RA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA~E2~82~82/index.md>) (šarra): queen/princess; by metonymy the queen's or royal establishment (recipient/institutional heading)
- [SA-RE-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RE-JU/index.md>) (Šarr-ēlu): personal name, 'El is king'; rival Hurrian Šar-elli
- [SA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RO/index.md>) (šarr): king; the king's account (heading and recipient)
- [SA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RU/index.md>) (šarru): king, prince (administrative title/category)

## Notes

Areal reconstruction *ŝarr- 'king' (Kogan 2015, 92 apud SEDonline 2076). Cf. 15 *sVrw(-ay)- '(military) chief, prince', 52 *malik- 'king'.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: šarru (CAD Š/2 76; AHw 1188) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: cf. sa-la-lum, sa-ra-ru₁₂-um /Sarr, s₁arr/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 278) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: šr (DULAT 829; SEDonline 2076) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ŝar (HALOT 1351 apud SEDonline 2076) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: śarru, śartu (Buck 2019, 332) (gloss withheld)
- Emar: šar-ru, šàr-ru /śarrū/ (Pentiuc 2001, 171) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: šr (DNWSI 1190) (gloss withheld)

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