# \*ḏikar-: 'to remember, mention, invoke' 1, 'man, male' 2, 'phallus' 3

> Proto-Semitic *ḏikar-, 'to remember, mention, invoke' 1, 'man, male' 2, 'phallus' 3: reflexes in 25 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḏikar- |
| Meaning | 'to remember, mention, invoke' 1, 'man, male' 2, 'phallus' 3 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3043 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḏakara 'to remember, mention' (Lane 968); ḏikr 'remembrance' (Lane 969); ḏakar 'male' (Lane 969) | Lane 968; Lane 969 |  |
| Akkadian | zakāru (AHw 1503); zikru; zikaru | AHw 1503 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | /ḏ-k-r/ (DULAT 283); dkr (DULAT 267); ydkr (KTU 1.17 i 26) | DULAT 283; DULAT 267; KTU 1.17 i 26 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | pl. dikrīn |  | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | daḫra 3 |  |  |
| Hebrew | zākar; zēker; zākār |  | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ḏkr (Sabaweb lemmas 8158, 1216) | Sabaweb lemmas 8158, 1216 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | dikr- 2 |  |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | dekr- 2; dəḵar (LGz. 636; Payne Smith 92) | LGz. 636; Payne Smith 92 |  |
| Phoenician | zkr (T 94); zkr (Krahmalkov 172); skr (T 228); skrn (Krahmalkov 344; T 229); zkrn (T 94) | T 94; Krahmalkov 172; T 228; Krahmalkov 344; T 229 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | DKR (DNWSI 321); dkr | DNWSI 321; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḏkr | gloss withheld |
| Geez | zakara; zakkara (LGz. 636) | LGz. 636; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḏkr | gloss withheld |
| Punic | zkr; Neo-Punic skr, skʿr (T 228) | T 228; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḏkr | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | dekir (LGz. 636) | LGz. 636 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | zkr, dkr (LGz. 636; MD 168) | LGz. 636; MD 168 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | zäkra (LGz. 636) | LGz. 636 |  |
| Tigrinya | zäkkärä (LGz. 636) | LGz. 636 |  |
| Amharic | (tä)zäkkärä (LGz. 636) | LGz. 636 |  |
| Gurage | zäkkärä (LGz. 636) | LGz. 636 |  |
| Amorite | ḏkr: jaḏkur, ḏākirum, ḏākiratum, ḏakūrum (Gelb AS 21, 18); ḏākir, ḏakūru (Buck 2019, 326); ḏ-k-r 1: iz-ku-rum, a-ad-ku-ur-DINGIR, ia-ad-gur/kur-DINGIR; ḏakūr 1: za-ku-rum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 161) | Gelb AS 21 18; Buck 2019, 326; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 161 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | məḏkér (Kogan 2011, 234) | Kogan 2011 234 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ḏkr (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 66); tḏkr; Hismaic ḏkr, ḏkrt; ḏkr (Al-Jallad 2026, 38); Safaitic mtḏkr (Al-Jallad 2026, 39) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 66; Al-Jallad 2026 38; Al-Jallad 2026 39 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | EA zkr (DNWSI 321) | DNWSI 321 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ša-ḫa-lum /ḏaḫaRum/ (VE 1112a–b, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 690 apud SEDonline 1031; Krebernik 1983, 39); iš₁₁-gur-ma /yiḏkur-ma/ (ARET V 7 obv. V 2, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 690 apud SEDonline 2040); /ḏ-k-r/ 1: names iš-gur-lum, iš₁₁-gur-lu!(ku), iš₁₁-gú-lu; cf. sa-ga-lu; /ḏakūr/ 1: names da-gú-la, za-gú-lum/rúm (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 161); /ḏ-k-r/ (cf. Akk. z/sak/qārum,): names iš₁₁-gur-da-mu, iš₁₁-gur-li-im, iš₁₁-gur-TI; with infixed /-ta-/ and S &gt; L before t (?): íl-da-gàr (Krebernik 1988, 51, 58) | VE 1112a–b, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 690; SEDonline 1031; Krebernik 1983, 39; ARET V 7 obv. V 2, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 690; SEDonline 2040; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 161; Krebernik 1988, 51, 58 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | zu-uk-ra, zu-uk-ri /ðukru/ (Pentiuc 2001, 197–198) | Pentiuc 2001 197–198 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Phoenician skr &lt; zkr &lt; \*ḏkr 'to remember', with z from \*ḏ devoiced to s; the same name is written zkrbʿl on three 11th-century BCE arrowheads and t-k-r-b-ʿ-r (skrbʿl) in Egyptian transcription (OLA80 §14.2).

## Linked from

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

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