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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ĉ̣ayr-
Meaning: be hostile
Semitic: *ṣ̂arr- 1 'enemy', *ṣ̂rr- 'be hostile, inflict harm'
Berber: *wVc̣ar- 'to torture' (?)
Egyptian: d_ꜣy (pyr) 'be hostile' (<*ṣVrṣVr-?)
Western Chadic: *ĉ̣iri- 'do things contrary to usual custom'
Notes: Scarce data. Meanings very diverse.
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 19
Proto-Semitic: *ṣ̂arr- 1, *ṣ̂rr- 2, 3
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'enemy' 1, 'be hostile' 2, 'inflict harm' 3
Akkadian: ṣerru 1 (CAD ṣ, 137) 'Feindschaft; Feind' (AHw., 1093)
Ugaritic: ṣr-t 1 (DUL, 792)
Phoenician: ṣrt 'fellow wife' (T 281)
Hebrew: ṣar 1 (KB deutsch, 984-5), ṣwr 2 (KB deutsch, 952)
Aramaic: Samal *ṣr, DA Pl. abs. ḳrn 1 (HJ, 974)
Biblical Aramaic: Bib. *ʕar 'Widersacher' (KB deutsch, 1762)
Judaic Aramaic: JPA ʕrr 'to make an objection, protest, to make a claim against someone' (Sokoloff 421), ʕrʕr'to contest' (Sokoloff 420)
Arabic: ḍrr [-u-] 2 (BK 2, 14)
Modern Arabic: ḍar 1
Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. ḍr 1; ḍrrw 2 (SD, 42); Qat. ḍr 'war' (Ricks, 140), Min. ḍr 'guerre' (LM, 31)
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḍar 1, ḍrr 2 (LGz., 152)
Tigre: ṣarärä 'to be refractory, to anger' (LH 636)
Tigrai (Tigriñña): ṣär 1 (KT 2561); täṣarärä 'to antagonize s.o., to counter, counteract' (KT 2564)
Amharic: ṣär 'enemy' (K 2251) (< Geez ?); ṣärärä 'to hate, make an enemy of' (K 2252) {< Gez}; täṭarrärä 'to quarrel, be enemies, be hostile to' (K 2114)
Mehri: źǝr 'to harm' (JM, 477)
Jibbali: ź_err 'to harm' (JJ, 326)
Harsusi: źer/yeźráwr 'to harm' (JH, 152)
Soqotri: ḍér(r) 'battre' (LS, 364)
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Berber etymology :

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Proto-Berber: *wVc̣ar-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'torture' (v.)
Ayr: uẓar
Tawllemmet: uẓar
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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: d_ꜣy (pyr) (<*ṣVrṣVr-?)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'be hostile'
Notes: Note HS *-r- > -ꜣ-. Cf. d_ꜣd_ꜣ (gr) 'enemy'.
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *ĉ̣iri-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'do things contrary to usual custom'
Hausa: c̣írì 'ostracize; doing things contrary to usual custom or practice'
Angas: siiir 'one who refuses to do what is told'
Tangale: Cf. sụụrɔ [JgT] 'evil spirit'
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