Proto-Semitic root
*dVwVr- ~ *dVrdVr-
‘turn’ 1, ‘rotate’ 2, ‘round; circle’ 3
di Mino’s gloss: to turn, go round; circle
Record 995 ↗ · SED semet 1021 · Basis: SED, meaning edited
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
Kogan 2025, 7 derives da-wa-lum, du-lum (VE 629) and da-lum (VE 509) from PS *twr (1420).
Reflexes16 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianduāru 1 (AHw. 1551 apud SEDonline 2020)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticda-wa-lum, du-lum /d-w-r/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 153)da-wa-lum, du-lum /dawrum/ 3 (VE 629; Krebernik 1983, 23 n. 78)/dār/ 3: names dar-ḫa-zi, šu-dar-nu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 153)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic4
- Hebrewdrdr 1, 2דור 2 (HALOT 217)gloss withheld
- Amoritedwr 1: madar- (Huffmon APNM 183)d-w-r 1: ia-du-ri-im, ia-du-ra-an, ia-du-ur-DINGIR (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 153)dwr 1: jadūr, dūr, dāwira, jādīr (Gelb AS 21, 18)dār 3 (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 153)gloss withheld
- Judaic AramaicJBA dwr 1 (DJBA 321-322 apud SEDonline 2020)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicdār (dwr) ‘go round’ 1 (Payne Smith 87)dūr 'circledouble rowprocession' 3 (Payne Smith 88)
Arabic3
- Arabicdwr [-u-] 1drdr 1, 2dawr- 'a going roundthe circumference of a circle' 1, 3 (Lane 931)
- Modern ArabicLeb m-dawar 3, Mec mu-dawwar 3
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic dʾrt 3 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 63)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianQat dwr 1 (LIQ 41; Avanzini 2004, 277-278 apud SEDonline 2020)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian6
- Mehridōr 1, adárdǝr 1, etc., mǝdáwwǝr 3gloss withheld
- Harsusimedawwer 3
- Amharicdäwwärä 1, 2 (AED 1821 apud SEDonline 2020)gloss withheld
- Tigredorä 1 (WTS 536 apud SEDonline 2020)gloss withheld
- Jibbalidɛ̄r 1 (JL 42 apud SEDonline 2020)gloss withheld
- Soqotrider 1 (CSOL I 530 apud SEDonline 2020)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.