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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *turVb- (?)
Meaning: sand, dust
Semitic: *tur(V)b- 'earth, dust'
Western Chadic: *tur(V)ḅ- 'sandy soil'
Notes: Insufficient data; the Hs term may be an Arabism.
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 782
Proto-Semitic: *tur(V)b-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'earth, dust'
Akkadian: tarbuʔtu
Hebrew: Cf. robaʕ id. @
Arabic: turb-, turb-at-, turāb-
Notes: Cf. Hss terōb 'do the ritual ablutions with sand'. Kogan Add. to HSED 2426: Arb.< Akk.?
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *tur(V)ḅ-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'sand soil'
Hausa: tùrḅāyā
Notes: An Arabism?
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