# \*dVwVr- ~ \*dVrdVr- 'turn' 1, 'rotate' 2, 'round; circle' 3

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

- Author's gloss: to turn, go round; circle
- SED semet 1021
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/d/995_turn_1_rotate_2_round_circle_3.md

## In Linear A

- [JA-DU-RA-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-DU-RA-TI/index.md>) (Yadurati): personal name: Amorite-type yaqtul name + feminine -at (cf. Yadwiratum, Gelb 1980, no. 3209; Ya-du-ra-an, Ya-du-ri-im, Huffmon 1965, 38)

## Notes

Kogan 2025, 7 derives da-wa-lum, du-lum (VE 629) and da-lum (VE 509) from PS *twr (1420).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: duāru 1 (AHw. 1551 apud SEDonline 2020) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: da-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)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: drdr 1, 2; דור 2 (HALOT 217) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: dwr 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 Aramaic: JBA dwr 1 (DJBA 321-322 apud SEDonline 2020) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: dār (dwr) 'go round' 1 (Payne Smith 87); dūr 'circle; double row; procession' 3 (Payne Smith 88)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: dwr [-u-] 1; drdr 1, 2; dawr- 'a going round; the circumference of a circle' 1, 3 (Lane 931)
- Modern Arabic: Leb m-dawar 3, Mec mu-dawwar 3
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic dʾrt 3 (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 63) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Qat dwr 1 (LIQ 41; Avanzini 2004, 277-278 apud SEDonline 2020) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: dōr 1, adárdǝr 1, etc., mǝdáwwǝr 3 (gloss withheld)
- Harsusi: medawwer 3
- Amharic: däwwärä 1, 2 (AED 1821 apud SEDonline 2020) (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: dorä 1 (WTS 536 apud SEDonline 2020) (gloss withheld)
- Jibbali: dɛ̄r 1 (JL 42 apud SEDonline 2020) (gloss withheld)
- Soqotri: der 1 (CSOL I 530 apud SEDonline 2020) (gloss withheld)

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