Number: 1995
Proto-Semitic: *ʔi(n)gi/ur-
Meaning: foot
Modern Arabic: SYR ʔižǝr [Maʕṣarānī-Segal 24], ʔǝǧǝr [Noeldeke ZA 20:414], ʔiǧr [Dozy 1 11]; DAT_ ʔiǧr do. [GD 63] (relationship to *riǧl- is doubted [ibid.])
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔǝgr, pl. ʔǝgar (also 'measure') [LGz 11]
Tigre: ʔǝgǝr [LH 386]
Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʔǝgri [Bass 568]
Amharic: ǝgǝr (also 'leg') [K 1325], ARG ingir [LGaf 173] do.
Gafat: ǝgʷrä [ibid. 173]
Harari: igir, ingir [LHar 28]
East Ethiopic: SEL WOL ZWY ǝngǝr (also 'leg') [LGur 26]
Gurage: CHA EZ̆A ENN END GYE MUH MSQ GOG SOD ägǝr do. [ibid.]
Notes: Scarce attestation: only ARB and ETH.
The comparison with SEM *ragl-/*rigl is unlikely (a compendious bibliography on the subject may be found in [Kaye passim] followed by a discussion with opposite conclusions). Cf. also AFRASIAN cognates below.
[DRS 7]: ARB DIAL, GEZ,TGR,AMH
