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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ɣʷar-
Meaning: skin
Semitic: *ɣa/ur-/*ɣarɣar- 'skin, dewlap'
Egyptian: ḫʕr 'skin'
Central Chadic: *Har- 'skin' 1, 'to skin' 2 (?)
East Chadic: *gVr- 'skin' 1,'egg-shell, bark' 2
Low East Cushitic: *ḳur- 'skin'
Warazi (Dullay): *ḳʷVr- 'skin'
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 1624
Proto-Semitic: *ɣa/ur-/*ɣarɣar-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: (kind of) skin, dewlap, a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck region
Akkadian: (?) āru 'hide (?)' OA [CAD a2 318] (interpreted as 'Kalb' with a question mark in [AHw 72])
Ugaritic: ɣr 'piel' [DLU 159].

    In UGR syllabic cuneiform: AKK ma-aš-ku = [ú?]-ru 'skin, hide' [Huehner 159]. Note that the UGR syllabic cuneiform normally uses H-signs to render ɣ [Huehner 240-243]j

Phoenician: *ʕr (only pl. ʕrt; cf. HBR) 'skin' [T 256]
Hebrew: ʕōr 'skin, leather', pl. ʕōrōt [KB 803].

    Cf. PB ʔūr 'chaff' [Ja 32]; it is not quite clear from Jastrow's notation whether this form belongs to HBR PB or ARM JUD (if ARM JUD, why placed under a separate heading not together with ʔūrā 'skin'?)

Judaic Aramaic: ʕūr 'husk, chaff' [Ja 1058].

    Cf. also ʔūrā 'skin' [ibid. 32], with ʔ- instead of ʕ-

Arabic: ɣarɣar-at-, ɣurɣur-at- 'gésier d'oiseau' [BK 2 457]; cf. ɣarr-at-, ɣurr-at- 'pli (d'une peau, d'une étoffe)' [ibid. 446]
Mehri: ɣǝrɣār, ɣǝrɣǝrōt 'side of throat' [JM 141]
Jibbali: ɣɔrɣɔ́rɔ́t, ɣarɣɔ́rɔ́t 'dewlap' [JJ 88]
Notes: Reduplication in ARB and MSA (where borrowing from ARB is not to be excluded).

    Cf. [O-S 227], where UGR ɣr, HBR ʕōr (erroneously quoted as ʕor) are compared to HRS ɣerēret 'bag, sack'; this comparison, however, would have been valid only if the MSA words denoted a bag made of skin, which does not follow from the meanings quoted in the dictionaries (cf. also MHR ɣayrōrǝt, JIB ɣárɔ́rt 'small bag' [JM 140] and ARB ɣirār-at- 'sac à paille hachée, ou sac à grain porté à dos de chameau' [BK 2 447], which is either a cognate of, or a loan-source for, the MSA terms).

    Cf. ETH forms likely related with suffixed -m: TGR ʕaräm 'skin (untanned)' [LH 458], TNA ʕaräm 'pelle della testa di vitello' [Bass 677] and, possibly, GUR: SOD irma 'belt of skin for women' [LGur 89] (which Leslau considers a loan from E. CUSH: HAD irmu-ččo).

    [KB 803]: HBR, UGR, PHO; [DLU 159]: UGR, PHO, HBR

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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: ḫʕr
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: skin
Bohairic: šar <ḫʕr [Vyc 269]
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *Har- (?)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'skin' 1, 'to skin' 2
Malgwa: hǝ́ra 2 [Lr]
Gisiga: garak 1 [LGis] (if <*gar-ak)
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *gVr-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'skin'1, 'egg-shell, bark'2
Somrai: gàré 1 [Jg]
Ndam: gǝré 1 [DikJg]
Mokilko: gúŋgùrú <*gu-ngur- 2 [JgMkk]
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Low East Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ḳur-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: skin
Elmolo: úrat
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Warazi etymology :

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Proto-Warazi: *ḳʷVr-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: skin
Tsamay (Dume, Gaba, Kule): qúur-o
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