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*ˀarway-/*ˀaryay- - lion
(SED II Nos. 17, 18; Kogan 2015: 236)
semantic narrowing from a more general meaning “wild beast” in PWS
Words
Ugaritic
ˀarw
- lion
(DUL 111)
Phoenician
ˀrw
- lion
(Tomback 1978: 29, Krahmalkov 2000: 71)
Hebrew
ˀaryē, ˀărī
- lion
(HALOT 87)
Old Aramaic
ˀryh
- lion
(DNWSI 107)
Official Aramaic
ˀry
- lion
(DNWSI 107)
Biblical Aramaic
ˀaryē (pl. ˀaryāwāṯā)
- lion
(HALOT 1824)
Palmyrean
ˀry
- lion
(DNWSI 107)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ˀry
- lion
(DJPA 74)
det. ˀryyh
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ˀaryā
- lion
(DJBA 166)
Syriac
ˀaryā
- lion
(LSyr. 48, SL 98)
Cf. also ˀaryūtā ‘lioness’ (SL 99).
Mandaic
aria
- lion
(MD 37)
(pl. ariauata)
M. Mnd. āryā ‘Löwe’ (Macuch NT 368).
Turoyo
aryo
- Löwe (lion)
(RW 37)
Hertevin
ˀarya
- Tiger (tiger)
(Jastrow 1988: 181)
Jilu
erya
- lion
(Fox 1997: 130)