# \*bVkVr(-at)-: 'young (she-)camel'

> Proto-Semitic *bVkVr(-at)-, 'young (she-)camel': reflexes in 14 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bVkVr(-at)- |
| Meaning | 'young (she-)camel' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2369 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | bakr- 'young she-camel (from the age of three years until six, when it becomes baʕīr-)' \[BK 1 153\], \[Lane 240\], \[LA IV 79\], bukr- 'young one of a camel; young camel' \[ibid.\] | BK 1 153; Lane 240; LA IV 79 |  |
| Mehri | bōkǝr \[JM 46\]. | JM 46 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | mibkéroh \[LS 86\] | LS 86 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | bakru (pakru) SB \[CAD b 35\] | CAD b 35 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | bōker \[JH 17\]. | JH 17 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | bäkrät \[LH 290\] | LH 290 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | Cha. Eža End. Enm. Gyt. Gog. Muh. bäxǝr \[LGur. 137\]. | LGur. 137 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | békǝr, bɔkrút \[JJ 25\]. | JJ 25 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | bēkär (HALOT 131), bikrā (ibid.) | HALOT 131 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. bkr(t) \[SD 28; Sabaweb lemmas 3042, 5577\] | SD 28; Sabaweb lemmas 3042, 5577 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | bǝkūrē 'young camels' \[Brock. 74\], bakkūrē \[PS 525\]. | Brock. 74; PS 525 |  |
| Aramaic | D.-Alla bkr \[HJ 164\] (pl. bkrn) | HJ 164 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic bkr (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 60); bkrt; Hismaic bkr, bkrt (Al-Jallad 2026, 27–28) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 60; Al-Jallad 2026 27–28 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | Yem. bakrah (Biella 42) | Biella 42 |  |

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## Linked from

- [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>)

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