Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 2547

Proto-Semitic: *ṭayr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: bird

Hebrew: pB. ṭayir, ṭǝyār 'divination from birds, augury' [Ja. 531].

Judaic Aramaic: ṭyr (pa., itpa.) 'to augur' [Soq. 223] (cf. [Ja. 526]).

Syrian Aramaic: ṭayrā 'avis' [Brock. 274], [PS 1449].

Modern Aramaic: Urm ṭayr-

Arabic: ṭayr- 'oiseau; augure, surtout mauvais' [BK 2 129], [LA IV 508]. Note ṭyr (V, VIII) 'augurer mal, tirer un mauvais augure de quelque chose' [ibid.].

Geʕez (Ethiopian): taṭayyara 'to divine by observing the flight of birds' [LGz. 600] (cf. [Nöldecke WB 64]).

Notes: Note Cha. Eža Muh. Msq. Gog. Sod. Wol. ṭur, Enm. End. Gyt. Sel. ṭūr 'good fortune, luck' [LGur. 630] (for -u- cf. Arb. ṭūrat- 'mauvaise augure' [BK 2 129]), probably to be kept apart from Amh. ṭur 'punishment which befalls a wrongdoer, arrogant behaviour, insult' [K 2112] (contra Leslau). Cf. Tna. č̣ǝru 'uccellino, bengallino, e tutti uccelli piccoli' [Bass. 930], Msq. č̣ǝrri, Gog. č̣ǝrriyä 'kind of bird' [LGur. 187]. Eth. verbs like Gez. ṭayyara 'to fly' [LGz. 600], Tgr. ṭera 'to hover (eagle)' [LH 619], Amh. taṭayyara 'to fly' [K 2173] are regarded as Arabisms in [LGz.]. [LGz. 601]: Gez., Arb., Arm., Hbr. pB.; [Brock. 274]: Syr., Jud., Arb., Gez.