Afroasiatic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʒab-

Meaning: hair, wool

Semitic: *zapp-/*zabb- '(much) hair (on the head), bristle'

Berber: *ʒVb- 'hair, wool' (?)

Egyptian: zb.t (t) 'hairlock' (RGr.)

Central Chadic: *ʒyab- 'hair'

Low East Cushitic: *ʒab- 'long hair'

Number: 97

Proto-Semitic: *zapp-/*zabb-

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Meaning: (much) hair (on the head), bristle

Akkadian: zappu, zabbu, azappu 'bristle, (animal) hair' OA on [CAD z 49], [AHw 1511] (azappu with tha *ʔa- prefix?)

Hebrew: PB zayip 'bristles; eye-brows' [Ja 395]

Judaic Aramaic: zaypā, zēpā 'eye-brow' [Ja 395]

Syrian Aramaic: zappǝtā, zeppǝtā, zeppātā 'capillus' [Brock 203].

Brockelmann quotes variant roots zab 'pilosus, hirsutus fuit (tunica)' [ibid. 186] (with p/b) and zemmǝtā 'capillus' [ibid. 199] (with pp/mm)

Modern Aramaic: HRT zapta '(einzelnes) Haar' [J Hert 202].

Cf. MAL zaʕbūpca (pl. zaʕbūbō) 'Stirnlocke' [Berg 103]; with unexplained phonetic changes if related (however, for -b- cf. SYR)

Mandaic Aramaic: zapa 'eyelash; eyelid (?)' [DM 160].

Compared [ibid.] with zimta 'hair, thread', variant root with b/m

Arabic: zabb- 'grand quantité de cheveux sur la tête, chevelure bien fournie' [BK 1 968]; zabab- 'duvet (sur les oiseaux ou autres animaux); grande abondance de cheveux sur la tête, chevelure bien fournie' [ibid.].

Cf. ziff-, zafaf- 'plumes fines, petites' [ibid. 966]

Notes: From *zaṗṗ- {} *ʒaṗṗ-?

Cf. a variant stem *zayp- in HBR PB and JUD.

Note AMH ǯofǯoffe 'long abundant hair (which hangs down)' [K 1874] and ǯoffa 'to have pendent locks' [ibid.], probably related; ǯ<*z is not uncommon in AMH.

[Brock 203]: SYR, MND, ARB

Proto-Berber: *ʒVb- (otherwise <*zaw) (?)

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Meaning: 'hair, wool'

Zenaga: a/oʔ-zbi

Old Egyptian: zb.t (t)

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Meaning: 'hairlock' (RGr.)

Proto-CChadic: *ʒyab-

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Meaning: 'hair'

Gudu: žìévū {Kr: 76]

Notes: cp. Bch šewɛy, Mwu syówo ́ id [Kr: 66, 56]. Rather related to WCh *saH-. id.

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ʒab-

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Meaning: 'long hair'

Oromo (Galla): daabee Gragg

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