Semitic etymology :

Number: 2647

Proto-Semitic: *ba/ird_-awn- ~ *barz/d_-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mule, horse'

Syrian Aramaic: bardūnā 'mulus; equus sarcinarius' [Brock. 95], [PS 604]

Tigre: bazra, bazratat 'young horse' [LH 293]

Gurage: bazra 'mare' [LGur. 169]

Notes: There is also Eth *bazr- 'mare', obviously eventually related (cf. Gz. bāzrā 'mare' [LGz. 118], Tgr. bazra, bazratat 'young horse' [LH 293], Tna. bazra, pl. bazratat 'cavalla' [Bass. 335], Gog. bazra 'mare' [LGur. 169]) with many parallels in Cushitic; it is difficult to say whether these forms were borrowed from Eth. in Cushitic or vice versa. However, a hypothesis of a Cushitic term related to Sem. *bariǯ- 'mule' with metathesis and a shift of meaning (borrowed in Proto-Eth.) looks more plausible than an assumption of Eth *bazr-at, with metathesis and a meaning shift inherited from PSem.

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ba/ird_-awn- ~ *baʒ/ǯr- (?)

Meaning: mule; mare

Semitic: *ba/ird_-awn- ~ *baz/d_r- 'mule, horse'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *bad/zr- 'mare' <Eth?

Saho-Afar: *badir- 'mare' < Eth?

Notes: Highly problematic. Two hypotheses: (1) a Cushitic term (borrowed into Proto-Eth.) related to Sem. *barid_- 'mule' with metathesis and (2) Sem. *ba/ird_-awn- ~ *bad_r- 'mule, horse' > Eth *bazr-at (borrowed into Cush).

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *bad/zr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mare'

Bilin: bā́drā, pl. bā́zir 'die Stute, Pferdstute' Rein. Bil., 71

Khamir: bázrā, pl. baris 'die Stute, Pferdstute' Rein. Bil., 71

Saho-Afar etymology :

Proto-Saho-Afar: *badir-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mare'

Afar (Danakil): bādirā́ 'die Pferdstute' Rein. Afar, 825

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