Number: 2557
Proto-Semitic: *zVrzVr-
Meaning: starling
Akkadian: (?) zanzīru 'starling' SB [CAD z 49], [AHw. 1511]. Hapax in ZA 6 244:47 (equated to iṣṣūr kirî). According to both dictionaries, borrowed from Aramaic.
Hebrew: zarzīr 'rooster (?)' [KB 281]. Hapax in Pr 30.31, context highly uncertain (zarzīr motnayim 'z. with [girded] loins'). The meaning 'starling' is reliable for pB., however ([Ja. 413]).
Syrian Aramaic: zarzīrā, zarzūrā 'sturnus' [Brock. 206], [PS 1156].
Arabic: zurzur-, zurzūr- 'etourneau' [BK 1 985], [LA IV 323].
Notes: [Fron. 295], [Nöldeke Beiträge 111]: Arb., Arm., Hbr.; [DRS 762]: Akk., Arm., Hbr., Arb.
