# \*ḫrṭ: 'bag, purse'

> Proto-Semitic *ḫrṭ, 'bag, purse': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḫrṭ |
| Meaning | 'bag, purse' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | ḥārîṭ (HALOT 353) | HALOT 353 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ḫarīṭat 'a receptacle, a pouch, a thing like a purse, of leather or rag, closed by inserting its loops one into another' (Lane 723) | Lane 723 |  |

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## Notes

Hebrew ḥ answers Arabic ḫ. HALOT 352 sets ḥārîṭ under II ḥrṭ, with Ugaritic ḫrṭ 'to pluck' and Arabic ḫaraṭa 'to bark, strip' (2868 \*ḫVrVṭ- 'pluck'); HALOT 353 prints the Arabic as ḥarīṭat 'sack'. Geez karasit (T), Tigrinya and Amharic kärāṭit, Harari xarīṭa are loans from Arabic (LGz. 294). Not 3607 \*ṣrr 'bag, purse'.

## Linked from

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

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