Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳVr/lVd- (?)

Meaning: monkey

Semitic: *ḳVrd- 'monkey'

Egyptian: *ḳnd (hierogl.) 'ape, monkey' (<*ḳVld?)

East Chadic: *mV-kyar(V)d- 'monkey' (<Arb.?)

Notes: AA status highly doubtful. Cf. Related to *ḳir(-an)- 'monkey'? Cf. *ǯV(n)g(-Vl/r)- ~ *gal/raǯ- and *da(n)gir- id.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2461

Proto-Semitic: *ḳVrd-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: monkey

Arabic: ḳird- 'singe, surtout singe mâle' [BK 2 709], [LA 1956 14 350], ḳird-at- 'guenon, singe femelle' [ibid.]. Cf. ḳardaḥ-, ḳurduḥ- 'gros singe' [BK 2 710], [LA 1956 11 563].

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḳardināt (pl. ḳǝrādināt) 'monkey' [LGz. 440].

Notes: Mnd. ḳird 'monkey' [DM 412] is no doubt an Arabism.

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: ḳnd (hierogl.)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Affe'

Notes: EG V 56

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *mV-kyar(V)d- (<Arb.?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'monkey'

Migama: mékèrḍ̀a [JMig]

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