Number: 1930
Proto-Semitic: *ba/ud-
Meaning: 'oracle priest' 1, 'pagan temple, idoleum' 2, 'one who causes harm by means of the evil eye' 3
Amorite: Cf. baddum 'official'
Hebrew: bad 1
Arabic: ʔabdād-, pl. bidadat- 2 'temple des idolâtres' BK 1 93 (cf. bdd 'causer du dommage à qn.' ibid. 92)
Geʕez (Ethiopian): budā 3
Tigre: Cf. bozzay 'magician'
Tigrai (Tigriñña): buda 3
Amharic: buda 3
Harari: buda 3
Gurage: buda 3
Notes: Cf. Hbr, Aram, Arab, MSA *bdʔ 'lie, invent, talk loosely'
