*baḥr-: 'sea, lake'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*baḥr-
Meaning	'sea, lake'
Basis	SED
SED	SEDonline semet 668

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	baḥr- (Lane 156)	Lane 156
Tigre	bähar
Geez	bāḥr
Amharic	bahǝr
Epigraphic South Arabian	bḥr (Sabaweb lemma 1509)	Sabaweb lemma 1509	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	baḥr- (LS2 136[66] apud CAL)	CAL
Tigrinya	baḥri
Harari	bäḥar (LGz. 91)	LGz. 91
Argobba	bähar (LGz. 91)	LGz. 91
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic bḥrt (Al-Jallad 2026, 27)	Al-Jallad 2026 27	gloss withheld

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Notes

Sel. bahər 'sea', Cha. Ezha Muh. bäxar, bar, End. Enn. Gye. bäxar, bār, Msq. bahər 'abroad', Sod. bahər, bar 'sea' (EDG 135), apud SEDonline 532, an areal *baḥr- 'sea'; there the relation of Akk. berâtu 'swamps, lagoons' (CAD B 206) and Ebl. bù-la-tum 'sea' (VE 1343’) to *baḥr- is uncertain. Krebernik 1983, 43 normalizes bù-la-tum /buʾratum/ and compares Akk. būrtum 'well' (1786). Geez bəḥer 'region, province, country, land' (LGz. 91), which Nöldeke takes for a diminutive of bāḥr (apud LGz. 91), and Arabic baḥrat 'a wide tract of land; a land, country, or territory belonging to a people' (Lane 157) are other formations.

Updated 22 October 2026

*baḥr-: 'sea, lake'

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