# \*ḥṯ̣r: 'to forbid, prohibit; ban'

> Proto-Semitic *ḥṯ̣r, 'to forbid, prohibit; ban': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḥṯ̣r |
| Meaning | 'to forbid, prohibit; ban' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḥaẓarahu, ḥaẓara ʿalayhi 'he forbade it; prohibited it; interdicted it', inf. n. ḥaẓr, ḥiẓār (Lane 595) | Lane 595 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ḥẓr, yḥẓr, ḥẓrm (Biella 172); ḥẓr (SD 75) (Sabaweb lemma 4426); ḥẓr (Sabaweb lemma 13539) | Biella 172; SD 75; Sabaweb lemma 4426; Sabaweb lemma 13539 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Biella 172 sets Arabic ḥaẓara 'forbid, prohibit' and ḥaẓr 'ban' beside the Sabaic. The noun 'enclosure' is 665 (Arabic ḥiẓār, Lane 595–596; Sab ḥẓrm 'enclosed, fenced territory', Biella 172). Not 2711 \*ḥarām- 'sacred ban' or 3680 \*zgr 'to restrain, check, forbid'.

## Linked from

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

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