# \*bdw: 'desert'

> Proto-Semitic *bdw, 'desert': reflexes in 3 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 2026-10-26.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bdw |
| Meaning | 'desert' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | bādiyat, badw 'a desert' (Lane 172) | Lane 172 |  |
| Geez | badw; badā; badwa (LGz. 87) | LGz. 87 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | bädäyä (LGz. 88) | LGz. 88 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

SD 26 reads Sab bdt 'open country' under \*BDW; Biella 36 takes bdt as a misreading for bythmw. Some modern Ethiopic forms (bäda, bädäw) are probably from Arabic (LGz. 88).

## Linked from

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

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