*nVṯ̣ar-: 'guard' 1, 'look' 2, 'wait, await' 3

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*nVṯ̣ar-
Meaning'guard' 1, 'look' 2, 'wait, await' 3
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 610

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicnaẓara; naẓīrgloss withheld
Akkadiannaṣāru (CAD N/2 36); maṣṣartuCAD N/2 36gloss withheld
Ugaritic/n-ġ-r/ (DULAT 616); nġr (DULAT 616)DULAT 616gloss withheld
Geeznṣr 2
Phoeniciannṣr 1
Hebrewnāṣar; noṣērgloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabiannṭr 1; Sab nẓrhw, nẓrw, nẓr 1; nẓr 1 (Biella 303)Biella 303gloss withheld
Aramaicnṭr 1 (DNWSI 754)DNWSI 754
Punicnṣr; Neo-Punic mṣrt 1, in uybymysyrthochom (Krahmalkov 306)Krahmalkov 306; Anderson–Moser 2024 root nẓrgloss withheld
Jibbalinẓor (LGz. 406)LGz. 406
Syrian Aramaicnəṭar (LGz. 406; Payne Smith 337)LGz. 406; Payne Smith 337
Tigrenäṣra (LGz. 406)LGz. 406gloss withheld
Tigrinyanäṣṣärä (LGz. 406)LGz. 406
Amharicnäṭṭärä (LGz. 406)LGz. 406gloss withheld
Amoritenṣr: jaṣṣur, nāṣirum, niṣrum, nuṣrum (Gelb AS 21, 27); nāṣiru (Buck 2019, 330); n-ṯ̣-r 1: ia-an-ṣur-DINGIR, ia-an-zu-ur-ìl, ia-an-zu-ur-ᵈda-gan; nāṯ̣ir 1: ia-di-na-ṣir, ᵈa-šar-na-ṣir, ᵈda-gan-na-ṣir (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 110)Gelb AS 21 27; Buck 2019, 330; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 110gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic nẓr (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 108); mnẓr, mẓr 1; Dumaitic nẓrt 1; Hismaic nẓr 1; Taymanitic nṣr 1; Safaitic tẓr, tnẓr 3 (Al-Jallad 2026, 108)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 108; Al-Jallad 2026 108gloss withheld
Eblaiticna-za-lum /naṣāRum/ (VE 908, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 688 apud SEDonline 2018; Krebernik 1983, 34); na-za-lum, na-za-lu-um, na-za-lu, cf. i-na-sar /n-ṯ̣-r/ 1; ma-za-lum /maṯ̣ṯ̣ar/ 1; /maṯ̣ṯ̣ur/ 1: name ma-zu-ra-ḫu; cf. ma-SUM(zàr?)-tum /maṯ̣ṯ̣art/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 110–111)VE 908, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 688; SEDonline 2018; Krebernik 1983, 34; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 110–111gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicneṭar (T 221)T 221
Biblical Aramaicnṭr 1 (HALOT 695)HALOT 695gloss withheld

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