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

1. 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)