*bazaz-: 'spoil, plunder; tear off'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	bzz [-u-]; bazza (HALOT 117)	HALOT 117
Aramaic	BZZ (Aramaic Root Atlas; Qumran 32 apud CAL)	Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL; Anderson–Moser 2024 root bzz	gloss withheld
Hebrew	bazaz 'spoil' (BDB 102)	BDB 102; Anderson–Moser 2024 root bzz
Syrian Aramaic	baz 'spoil, plunder; rob' (Payne Smith 40)	Payne Smith 40
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic bzt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 63)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 63	gloss withheld
Phoenician	bz (HALOT 117)	HALOT 117
Judaic Aramaic	bzz (HALOT 117)	HALOT 117
Tigre	bazbaza (HALOT 117)	HALOT 117

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

Also reconstructed *buz- 'tear off', with secondary *-u- < *-a- after a labial.

Updated 22 October 2026