# \*šaṭār-: 'write'

> Proto-Semitic *šaṭār-, 'write': reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šaṭār- |
| Meaning | 'write' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | šaṭāru (CAD Š/2 225; AHw 1203) | CAD Š/2 225; AHw 1203; Anderson–Moser 2024 root šṭr | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab sṭr (Biella 331, 332; Sabaweb lemma 5045) | Biella 331, 332; Sabaweb lemma 5045 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | saṭara (HALOT 1475) (Lane 1357) | HALOT 1475; Lane 1357 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic msṭr; Dadanitic sṭr (Al-Jallad 2026, 136) | Al-Jallad 2026 136 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | šōṭēr (HALOT 1441), from \*šṭr (HALOT 1475) | HALOT 1441; HALOT 1475 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | mšṭr, myšṭr (Krahmalkov 315; T 201); mšṭrt (Krahmalkov 315) | Krahmalkov 315; T 201 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Aramaic šṭr 'document' (Babylonian dockets, Nerab, Nab., Palm., JAr., Syr.) is a loan from NB šaṭāru 'document', and sṭrw (AD 7:7) can scarcely be the Aramaic reflex of the verb; Canaanite, Akkadian, ESA and Arabic šṭr are cognates (Kaufman 1974, 101 n. 352).

## Linked from

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

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