Number: 2379
Proto-Semitic: *d_Vr-
Meaning: kind of worm, insect
Hebrew: pB. dūrā (dawwārā) 'a parasite worm in the bowels' [Ja. 289], dīrā 'name of a grain worm' [ibid. 305], [Levy WTM I 403].
Judaic Aramaic: dūrā 'Eingeweidewurm (?)' [Dalman 88].
Arabic: d_arr- 'très-petites fourmis' [BK 1 766], [Fr. II 82], [Lane 957], [LA IV 304].
Mehri: d_ǝrd_ēr 'flea' [JM 81].
Jibbali: d_ɛrd_ér 'flea' [JJ 47].
Harsusi: d_arr 'ants' [JH 28], d_erd_īr 'flea' [ibid. 29].
Notes: Not very reliable since the semantic difference between the terms under comparison is considerable (note also that the Hbr. form must be an Aramaism in view of d-).
