Proto-Semitic root
*kinor-
‘lyre’
di Mino’s gloss: lyre, harp
Record K0097 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
Akk. kinnāru, at Mari and Ras Shamra, is a West Semitic word (CAD K 387).
Reflexes8 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadiankinnāru (CAD K 387; HALOT 484)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticgi-na-rúm, gi-na-lum, gi-na-ru₁₂-um /kinnārum/ (VE 572; Krebernik 1983, 21)gi-na-ru₁₂-um, gi-na-lum, gi-na-rúm /kinnār/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 312)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic6
- Aramaicknr (DNWSI 520)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root knr
- Hebrewkinnowr ‘lyre’Anderson–Moser 2024 root knr
- Ugariticknr ‘harp’Anderson–Moser 2024 root knr
- Syrian Aramaickennārā (HALOT 484)
- Amoritekinnāru (Streck 2000, 102; Streck 2011, 367)gloss withheld
- Emarki-in-na-ru /kinnāru/ (Pentiuc 2001, 98)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.