Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/ḫarʔ-

This Proto-West Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Semitic

Noun

*ḫarʔ- m

shit, a dump (action and product)

Related terms

*ḫariʔ- (“to shit”)

Descendants

Central Semitic:
- Arabic: خَرْء (ḵarʔ), خُرْء (ḵurʔ)
- Northwest Semitic:
  - Aramaic:
    - Classical Syriac: ܚܶܪܝܳܐ (ḥeryā)
    - Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: חִרְיָָא (ḥiryā)
  - Canaanite:
    - Hebrew: חָרָא (khará, ḥarā)
  - Ugaritic: 𐎃𐎗𐎜 (ḫrủ /⁠ḫaraʾʾu⁠/)
Ethiopian Semitic:
- North Ethiopian Semitic:
  - Tigre: ሐርዕ (ḥärʿ), ኀሪ (ḫäri)
  - Tigrinya: ሐርኢ (ḥärʾi), ሓርኢ (ḥarʾi)

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