Number: 2382
Proto-Semitic: *garad-
Meaning: kind of insect
Arabic: ǯarād- 'sauterelle' [BK 1 276], [Fr. I 264], [Lane 406], [LA III 117]. // Cf. also ǯardam- 'espèce de sauterelle noire et à tête verte' [BK I 278], [Fr. I 265], [Lane 408], [Q II 89].
Tigrai (Tigriñña): gärädo 'ragno di colore molto oscuro, il cui morso dicono sia mortale' [Bass. 820].
Jibbali: gérɔ́d 'locusts' [JJ 78].
Notes: An Arabism in Jib. cannot be exluded whereas the Arb. origin of Syr. gārūdā 'locusta' [PS 777] is obvious. // Сf. probably *gVdVr- 'kind of worm', No. ... // [DRS 182]: Arb., Jib.
