East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *pVrw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'dove'

Tumak: pǝrwun [Cp]

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *pVrw/y-

Meaning: small bird (partridge, dove)

Semitic: *pVr- 'kind of bird'

Egyptian: pr (OK) 'kind of bird' (cf. pʕr.t 'dove' NK)

Western Chadic: *pyar- 'small bird'

East Chadic: *pVrw- 'dove'

Notes: Cf. HSED 1923: Eg. pʕr; W.Ch.: Hs. ḅarwā; C.Ch. (probably a mistake). Cf. also EDE II 431-2 and 459.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1929

Proto-Semitic: *pVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of bird

Judaic Aramaic: parwā 'name of an unclean bird' [Ja. 1217], pōrītā 'birds of prey' [Ja. 1147].

Syrian Aramaic: parpūrā 'passer (?)' [Brock. 605], 'perdrix' [PS 3288].

Arabic: firfir-, furfur-, furfūr- 'sorte de petit oiseau aquatique' [BK 2 582], [LA V 53], [Fr. III 339], furfūr- 'passer' [Fr. III 340], farra 'caille' [Dozy II 246], furrī 'nom d'un petit oiseau bon à manger' [ibid.].

Geʕez (Ethiopian): fǝrfǝrt 'quail' [LGz. 165].

Tigre: fǝrfǝrät, fǝrafǝr 'a bird (wahrscheinlich der Honigkuc- kuck)' [LH 661].

Amharic: fǝrfǝrt 'partridge' [K 2291] (thought to be borrowed from Geez).

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: pr (OK)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of bird'

Notes: EG I 531. cf. pʕr-t 'dove' (NK)

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *pyar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'name of small bird'

Hausa: fḗrū́ [Barg317]

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