Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dir(h)w-

Meaning: bird (hen, dove)

Semitic: *dVrr- 'kind of bird (swallow, dove, parrot)'

Western Chadic: *dur- 'lark-quail' 1, 'crown-bird' 2

Central Chadic: *dara 'type of bird'

East Chadic: *dVr- 'hen' 1, 'dove' 2

Beḍauye (Beja): *ʔan-diirhʷ- 'fowl'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *dir(h)w- 'hen, chicken'

Saho-Afar: *do/irh- 'hen'

Low East Cushitic: *dur- 'chicken, hen'

Dahalo (Sanye): d_éere 'woodpecker'

Omotic: *der- 'rooster'

Notes: Cf. Bla Beja 3

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2376

Proto-Semitic: *dVrr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of bird

Hebrew: dǝrōr 'a kind of bird (swallow, dove?)' [KB 230], pB. ṣippōr dǝrōr 'a free bird living in the house as well as in the field' [Ja. 322] (a folk-etymological interpretation through dǝrōr 'freedom'). // In two Biblical passages as a parallel to ṣippōr 'bird' (in these cases possibly 'sparrow'?): gam-ṣippōr māṣǝʔā-bayit // ūdǝrōr ḳēn lāh 'also the bird finds its home // and d. has a nest' (Ps 84.4), kaṣṣippōr lānūd kaddǝrōr lāʕūp 'as a bird flutters and a d. flies out' (Pr. 26.2).

Aramaic: D.-Alla drr 'subst. indicating bird: swallow or dove?' [HJ 262]. // In I 8-9, context rather uncertain: drr nšrt ywn ('the swallow tears at the dove' according to [Hackett 49]).

Arabic: durr-at- 'perroquet' [BK 1 682], 'la perruche à collier couleur de rose' [Dozy I 428].

Notes: Amh. dura 'parrot' [K 1732] and Har. durra ūf 'hoopoe bird' [LHar. 58] are considered Arabisms in the respective sources. // Cf. Amh. där(r)ay 'aquatic, web-footed bird which has black or white plumage' [K 1752] and dǝrri 'kind of bird' [LGur. 218]. Comparison with Eth. terms for hen, chicken (Gez. dorho, doroho 'chicken' [LGz 142], Tgr. derho 'chicken' [LH 517], Tna. därho 'pollo, gallina' [Bass. 760], Amh. doro 'chicken' [K 1734], Gog. Sod. ǯärä 'hen, chicken' [LGur 319]) is hardly tenable. The same is true about Syr. dardā 'vultur' [Brock. 166]. // [DRS 319]: Hbr., D.-Alla, Arb., Msq.

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *dur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lark-quail' 1, 'crown-bird' 2

Hausa: dúrwā́ 1

Sayanchi: dǝri 2 [Cs N 313]

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *dara

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'type of bird' 1,'pigeon' 2

Mbara: ndòrò 2 [TrMba]

Gude: dárá 1 [Hs]

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *dVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hen' 1, 'dove' 2 , 'turtle-dove' 3

Somrai: dùrē 1 [CLR: 71]

Tumak: dōr 3[Cp]

Mobu (dial. Kwang): dere 2 [?]

Mokilko: dḗrè 2 [JMkk]

Notes: Note Kbl tùwǝ̀rrǝ́, Lele tòrò, pl. kòrà [Grg] and Sokoro wàru id. Most probably all < *tV-wVr- > d-wVr- > durV.

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: andiirho

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fowl'

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *dir(u)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hen'

Bilin: diruwa

Qwara: dirwa

Awiya (Aungi): dur-

Saho-Afar etymology :

Proto-Saho-Afar: *do/irh-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hen'

Saho: door(o)ho, diirho 'Huhn, Henne'

Afar (Danakil): dorrahe 'hens' P-H

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *dur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'chicken, hen'

Somali: dooro, Jiddu duuri

Dahalo etymology :

Dahalo: d_éere

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'woodpecker'

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *der-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'rooster'

Ometo: Chara deeraa

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