Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ba/ird_-awn- ~ *baʒ/ǯr- (?)
Meaning: mule; mare
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).