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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *ʔarr-
Meaning: 'bull, calf'
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): arr-áy ~ arʔ-áy 'bull' Sasse Bur. 28 (hardly related to harʔ- 'plow, cultivate' or Dul. ʕard'-o 'ox' as suggested [ibid.]); aʔre 'calf'
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-bmb,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔirw/y- ~ *ʔawr-
Meaning: bull, calf
Notes: Cf. *war- 'cow, calf; antelope' (3614). Cf. HSED 2527: Eg, Hs warari 'vicious bull'; Bl. Beja F 22; Dolg
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-bed,afaset-sho,afaset-lec,afaset-hec,afaset-mgg,afaset-omo,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1956
Proto-Semitic: *ʔi/arw-ān- ~ *ʔawr-
Meaning: 'calf, bull'
Syrian Aramaic: ʔarwānā (pl. ʔarwānītā) 'vitulus, vitula' [Brock. 47], [PS 372]
Arabic: ʔirān- 'oryx mâle' [Blachère 89], [LA XIII 14]. В [Fr. I 29] только šātu ʔirānin 'taurus'
Amharic: awra 'male (animal), dominant or alpha male; queen bee; bull' [K 1267]
Gurage: irǝččä, ǝri, ire (S), ǝrǝččä (W), äre (Ms,Ch,E), ärä̆ (Ch), äray (E,Gt), areʔ (En,Ed) 'cows' LGur 82
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-syr,semet-ara,semet-amh,semet-gur,
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *HirVy
Meaning: 'calf'
Ayr: ehǝri, pl. ihăran 'jeune boeuf de 2 à 3 ans' Aloj. 79
Tawllemmet: ehǝri, pl. ihăran 'jeune boeuf de 2 à 3 ans' Aloj. 79; é/aheri id. Kössman 98
Semlal: chleuh méd. irey 'veau' (cf. ta-hĕrrui-t 'vieille vache maigre' [Dest. 228] (implying 'as small as a calf'?)
brbet-prnum,brbet-meaning,brbet-ayr,brbet-twl,brbet-sml,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: ỉr.t 1; ỉry.t 2
Meaning: 1 'Kalb' MK EG I, 116; 2 'Milchkuh' Dem. ibid., 114
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *ʔarwa
Meaning: 'ox'
Hausa: Cf. wariyya 'a k. of antelope' Barg. 1084; cf. wā̀rā̀rī 'a vicious bull' quoted in HSED No. 2527 and Skinner 1996, 283), which may be from 'anything separated out and distinguished from its fellows' Barg. ibid.
Dera=Kanakuru: wóré [NmK]
Sha: ʔarwà 'ox' [EDE 87, apud Jungraithmayr]
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-hsa,wchet-der,wchet-sha,
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Bedauye (Beja) etymology :
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Bedauye: rēw
Meaning: 'Vieh' (also 'Geld, Besitz, Habe') [Rein. Beja 193] (cf. also [Bl. Beja 22])
Notes: Cf. raa 'ariel gazelle' Bl. Beja 22; rahi 'ariel fawn' apud Rp.; raa 'ariel antelope', raaho 'young of ariel gazelle' Bl. Beja Fauna 22 apud Hudson (all <*rah/ḥ-, prob. <*raḫ-, but not <*raʔ/ʕ-)
bedet-prnum,bedet-meaning,bedet-notes,
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Saho-Afar etymology :
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Proto-Saho-Afar: *ʔawr-
Meaning: 'bull'
Saho: awr 'bull' Sasse PEC, 46
Afar (Danakil): awúr, aûr 'Stier' Rein Af., 819
shoet-prnum,shoet-meaning,shoet-saho,shoet-afar,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ʔawr-
Meaning: 'bull'
Somali: awr 'he-camel' Sasse PEC, 46
Oromo (Galla): oor-oo 'burden camel' Sasse PEC, 46
Rendille: or 'he-camel, bull' Sasse PEC, 46
Baiso: aar 'bull' Hayward BR, 121
Arbore: ʔáar 'bull' Hayward Arb. 336
Dasenech (Geleba): ʔawr-ic 'he-camel' Sasse PEC, 46
Notes: See Sass. PEC, 46: *ʔawr- 'large male animal'
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-som,lecet-oro,lecet-rnd,lecet-bay,lecet-arb,lecet-gel,lecet-notes,
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Mogogodo etymology :
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Mogogodo: rɛh-ɛʔ
Meaning: 'calf'
Notes: Sasse PEC, 22
mgget-prnum,mgget-meaning,mgget-notes,
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *Harr-
Meaning: cow
Oyda: arr Bnd Om 56
omoet-prnum,omoet-meaning,omoet-oyd,
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