# \*bVrz-ill-: 'iron'

> Proto-Semitic *bVrz-ill-, 'iron': reflexes in 9 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 | \*bVrz-ill- |
| Meaning | 'iron' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | firzil- 'fetters for the feet of a captive; large tongs of a blacksmith' (BK 2, 567) | BK 2, 567 |  |
| Akkadian | parzillu (CAD P 212) | CAD P 212 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | brḏl (DULAT 234) | DULAT 234 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | brzl (Krahmalkov 125); brzl (T 55) | Krahmalkov 125; T 55 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | barzel (HALOT 155) | HALOT 155 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | parzǝlā 'iron' (Jastrow 1223) | Jastrow 1223 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | przn (HALOT 155); Sab frzn (SD 46; Biella 409; Sabaweb lemma 3099) | HALOT 155; SD 46; Biella 409; Sabaweb lemma 3099 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | parzlā 'iron; iron bar, tool, fetter' (Payne Smith 459) | Payne Smith 459 |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | parzel (HALOT 155) | HALOT 155 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Off. przl (DNWSI 936), JPA przl (DJPA 445), JBA parzlā (DJBA 930) and Mnd. parzla (MD 364) 'iron', apud SEDonline 801, an areal \*parzil-, PC \*barḏill-.

## Linked from

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

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