Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *bVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'k. of bird' 1, 'wild pigeon' 2

Bura: biberwi 1 [Ann]

Mada: olbo ̀(< *obro) 2 [BaMd]

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bar-

Meaning: quail; partridge; dove

Semitic: *bVr- 'kind of bird; pigeon'

Berber: *barr- 'quail, partridge'

Egyptian: bꜣ 'kind of bird' (a)

Western Chadic: *bVr- 'quail' 1, 'dove' 2, 'crested crane' 3 , 'pigeon' 4

Central Chadic: *bVr- 'k. of bird' 1, 'wild pigeon' 2

East Chadic: *bar-/*birbir- 'partridge, quail'

High East Cushitic: *bur- 'partridge'

Dahalo (Sanye): mbāre 'egret'

Notes: Cf. EDE II 431-2. Probably, a separate root *(m/ʔa-)bar- 'crane, egret' must be reconstructed including Eg bꜣ 'jabiru', W.Ch Jimbin abur- 'crested crane' and Dahalo mbāre 'egret'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2370

Proto-Semitic: *bVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of bird

Hebrew: barbūr 'a bird fattened to be eaten by king Solomon' [KB 154]. // Hapax in 1R 5.3 in the "additional list" of meat animals forming Solomon's diet (lǝbad mēʔayyāl ūṣǝbī wǝyaḥmūr ūbarbūrīm ʔăbūsīm 'apart from deer, gazelle, roe and fattened b.'). While the context itself does not provide explicit evidence for understanding b. as a kind of bird, there is an old tradition of its understanding in this way (cf. Jerome's avium altilium).

Tigrai (Tigriñña): bareto 'tortorella' [Bass. 315].

Amharic: baret, bareto 'pigeon, dove' [K 884].

Notes: Not very reliable. The Arb. forms ʔabū burbur 'cuckoo' and birbir 'chicken' are not present in the available dictionaries of Classical Arabic (for the last term v. [Baranov 63]).

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *barr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'quail' 1, 'partridge' 2

Tawllemmet: ta-bǝrr-ut 1

Rif: a-barran 'perdrix mâle'

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): bururu 'owl' (prob. descr.)

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: bꜣ (a)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of bird', 'jabiru'

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *bVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'quail' 1, 'dove' 2, 'crested crane' 3 , 'green pigeon' 4

Hausa: bì/ùrabir̀à 1, birbiri 4, baru 'pigeons' (Sk Hs 18)

Kifri=Giwo: mbìrù 2 [St]

Gera: búurì 4 [SchB]

Ngizim: bàrí 4 `domestic pigeon' [SchN]

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *bar-/*birbir-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'partridge'

Lele: bíríbírí Veuve dominicaine [WP]

Dangla: W. báàrè (m) 'perdrix (Francolin)' [JgM], E. bàrré (f) 'perdrix'

Migama: bàaré 'perdrix' [JgM]

Bidiya: bìrbìríny (f) 'caille'

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *bur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'partridge'

Burji (Bambala, Dashe): búr-o

Notes: Sass Bur 44

Dahalo etymology :

Dahalo: mbāre

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'egret'

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