*nVkar-: 'ignore, disapprove' 1, 'deny' 2, 'be different, strange, foreign' 3, 'to recognise, know' 4

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*nVkar-
Meaning'ignore, disapprove' 1, 'deny' 2, 'be different, strange, foreign' 3, 'to recognise, know' 4
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 1831

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicnkr [-a-]; ʾankara 2 (Lane 2849); nakīr 2 (Lane 2850); nakira 1 (LGz. 397)Lane 2849; Lane 2850; LGz. 397gloss withheld
Jibbalinkɔr; nker 2 (LGz. 397)LGz. 397gloss withheld
Akkadiannakāru 2 (CAD N/1 165); nukurrû 2 (CAD N/2 328); nakārum 3 (Huehnergard 1997 GAk, 508)CAD N/1 165; CAD N/2 328; Huehnergard 1997 GAk, 508gloss withheld
Geeznakir 3 (LGz. 397)LGz. 397gloss withheld
Hebrewnkr; nēkār 3 (HALOT 699, 700); נכר hif. 4 (HALOT 699–700)HALOT 699, 700; HALOT 699–700gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabiannkr 3 (HALOT 699; Sabaweb lemma 4647); Sab hnkr 3 (Biella 305); nkr 3 (Sabaweb lemma 5701); Qat. nkr 3 (Ricks 1982 s.v. nkr)HALOT 699; Sabaweb lemma 4647; Biella 305; Sabaweb lemma 5701; Ricks 1982 s.v. nkrgloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaicnukraia 3 (LGz. 397)LGz. 397gloss withheld
Tigrenäkära 1 (LGz. 397)LGz. 397gloss withheld
Amharicnäkkärä 3 (LGz. 397)LGz. 397gloss withheld
Amoritenkr: nakarum, nakrum, nakaratum, nakartum 3 (Gelb AS 21, 27); nikratu (Buck 2019, 330); nakr, nakar 3: na-ka-rum/ru-um, na-ak-ra-ḫu-um, a-bi-na-ka-ar; nikar 3: cf. ni-ik-ru-um; nukr, nukar 3: nu-uk-ra-nu-um (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 90)Gelb AS 21 27; Buck 2019, 330; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 90gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicnakrī 'alienate, estrange, remove' 3 (Payne Smith 340)Payne Smith 340
AramaicPalm. nkry 3 (HALOT 700)HALOT 700
Judaic Aramaicnūkᵉrāʾā 3 (HALOT 700); af. 4 (HALOT 699)HALOT 700; HALOT 699gloss withheld
Emarni-ka-ri, ni-ka-rù /nikaru/ (Pentiuc 2001, 133–134)Pentiuc 2001 133–134gloss withheld
Eblaitic/n-k-r/ 3: cf. names ʔa₅-ki-rúm, a-gi-lu, en-kir!(ḫa) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 90)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 90gloss withheld
Ugariticnkr 3 (DULAT 622)DULAT 622gloss withheld
PunicN.Pu. hkr yiphʿil 4 (Krahmalkov 329)Krahmalkov 329gloss withheld

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

Notes

HALOT 699 sets 'recognise' and 'treat as strange' under one nkr, with Akk. nakāru. OLA80 §15.8 relates Egyptian ntr 'god' to Semitic nkr 'stranger' (k > t), or to Agaw nkara 'soul, spirit'.

Updated 5 November 2026

Linked from 1 page

Linear A Lexicon