Number: 1951
Proto-Semitic: *ʒVry/ʔ/ʕ- ~ *ǯVry/ʔ/ʕ 1, *ʒry/wʔ/ʕ ~ *ǯry/w/ʔ/ʕ 2
Meaning: seed, sowing, sown field 1, to sow, cultivate 2
Akkadian: zēru (zarʔu) 'seed (of cereals and of other plants); acreage, arable land' OAkk. on (CAD z, 89)
Ugaritic: d/d_rʕ 'simiente, grano de siembta, sementera; semilla', drʕ 'sembrar, diseminar' (DLU, 137)
Phoenician: Ph. Yaud. zrʕ (HAL, 1867-8)
Hebrew: zrʕ 'to sow', zäraʕ 'seed' (HAL, 1867-8)
Aramaic: Bib. zǝraʕ 'seed, descendance', Emp. Eg. zrʕ (HAL, 1867-8)
Judaic Aramaic: drʕ 'to sow', dǝraʕ, darʕā 'seed, produce, offspring' (Ja., 324), zǝraʕ, zarʕā 'seed', zrʕ 'to strew, sow' (Ibid., 414)
Syrian Aramaic: zrʕ 'seminavit', zarʕā 'semen' (Brock., 207)
Mandaic Aramaic: ZRA 'to sow, scatter' (DM, 170), zira 'seed, semen' (Ibid., 167)
Arabic: d_ry/w 'répandre la semence (en semant), semer' (BK 1, 771), d_urat- 'dorra, espèce de millet' (Ibid., 772), d_rʔ 'ensemencer (la terre)' (BK 1, 767), zrʕ 'semer, répandre la semence; ensemencer un champ de quelque graine', zurʕ- 'semence; céréales sur pied, champ cultivé' (Ibid., 124)
Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. m-d_rʔ-t 'sown field, sown ground' (SD, 40)
Geʕez (Ethiopian): zarʔa, zarʕa 'to seed, sow, scatter seed', zarʔ 'seed, seedling, plantation' (LGz., 642)
Tigre: zärʔa 'to seed, sow' (LGz., 642)
Tigrai (Tigriñña): zärʔe 'to seed, sow' (LGz., 642)
Amharic: zärra 'to seed, sow' (LGz., 642)
Argobba: zärra
Gafat: zärrä 'to seed, sow' (LGz., 642)
Harari: zäraʔa 'to seed, sow' (LGz., 642)
Gurage: *zärra 'to seed, sow' (LGz., 642); *zär 'grain, seed, ancestor, origin, ethnic group' (LGur., 713)
Mehri: zūra '(plants) to grow', ha-zrē 'to cultivate', S. Mhr. zǝrɛ̄t 'plantation, cultivated area' (JM, 469), d_ǝráyyǝt 'offspring' (Ibid., 81)
Jibbali: zéraʕ '(plants) to grow', ezóraʕ 'to plant many seeds', zéraʕ 'farmer' (JJ, 320), d_ǝrrít 'progeny, offspring' (Ibid., 47)
Soqotri: deri 'semence' (LS, 135)
Notes: cf. also Mhr. d_ǝrēt JM, 82, Jib. d_érɛ́t 'sorghum, dhurah' JJ, 47, likely Arabisms
