Number: 2699
Proto-Semitic: *bi/urt-
Meaning: 'metal artifact'
Akkadian: bi/ertu 'Band, Fessel' a/j B, m/n A AHw 129; 'clasp, fetter' (bronze, iron) CAD b1 254-5 (as part of birītu 'in-between terrain'). Cf. annaku abāru 'lead, plumbum, pewter' (<Sum apar) Lieberman.
Arabic: burt- 'hache; flèche' BK 1 105, burat- 'anneau en fer qu'on passe dans la narine du chameau, et qui tient lieu du frein' ibid. 119
Geʕez (Ethiopian): bǝrt 'copper, brass'; bǝrat 'iron' (<Amh) LGz 108
Tigrai (Tigriñña): bǝrti '?', brät 'iron'
Amharic: bǝrt 'metal basin', brät 'iron'
Argobba: bräd 'iron'
Harari: brät 'iron'
Gurage: brät, bräd 'iron'
