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

> Proto-Semitic *nVṯ̣ar-, 'guard' 1, 'look' 2, 'wait, await' 3: reflexes in 19 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [N](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/index.md>). Updated 2026-11-03.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*nVṯ̣ar- |
| Meaning | 'guard' 1, 'look' 2, 'wait, await' 3 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 610 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | naẓara; naẓīr |  | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | naṣāru (CAD N/2 36); maṣṣartu | CAD N/2 36 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | /n-ġ-r/ (DULAT 616); nġr (DULAT 616) | DULAT 616 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | nṣr 2 |  |  |
| Phoenician | nṣr 1 |  |  |
| Hebrew | nāṣar; noṣēr |  | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | nṭr 1; Sab nẓrhw, nẓrw, nẓr 1; nẓr 1 (Biella 303) | Biella 303 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | nṭr 1 (DNWSI 754) | DNWSI 754 |  |
| Punic | nṣr; Neo-Punic mṣrt 1, in uybymysyrthochom (Krahmalkov 306) | Krahmalkov 306; Anderson–Moser 2024 root nẓr | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | nẓor (LGz. 406) | LGz. 406 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | nəṭar (LGz. 406; Payne Smith 337) | LGz. 406; Payne Smith 337 |  |
| Tigre | näṣra (LGz. 406) | LGz. 406 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | näṣṣärä (LGz. 406) | LGz. 406 |  |
| Amharic | näṭṭärä (LGz. 406) | LGz. 406 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | nṣr: 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, 110 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic 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 108 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | na-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, 110–111 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | neṭar (T 221) | T 221 |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | nṭr 1 (HALOT 695) | HALOT 695 | gloss withheld |

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