Number: 1929
Proto-Semitic: *pVr-
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).
