Number: 2685
Proto-Semitic: *girr- ~ *gargVr- (~ ǯarwal- 'serwal, lynx' ?)
Meaning: 'lion, leopard'
Akkadian: girru 'lion' SB (CAD G 94); gerru 'Raubtierjunges' (AHw. 285) which is hardly justified (for a detailed discussion see Landsberger 1934 77: "Nichts spricht allerdings dafür, dass girru das Löwenjunge bezeichnete"; cf. also Salonen 1976 200)
Arabic: Cf. ǯarwal- 'serwal, lynx (?) DRS 184 (without reference)
Harari: gärgōra (also gängōra) 'leopard' (LH 75, with a refe- rence to Cerulli who considered this term to be a Cushitism)
