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*pVrpVr-, *parr/w- - kind of bird
(SED II No. 180)
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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
prwwˀ
- an unclean bird
(DJBA 929)
Syriac
parpūrā
- quail; sparrow?
(LSyr. 605, SL 1249)
Arabic
firfir-
- kind of small aquatic bird
(BK 2 582, Lane 2357)
Var. furfur-, furfūr-. farra ‘quaiľ, furrī ‘name of some tasty bird’ (Dozy II 246)
Geez
fərfərt
- quail
(CDG 165, LLA 1357, SLLA 383)
Tigre
fərfərät
- a bird (probably a honeyguide)
(WTS 661)
Amharic
fərfərt
- partridge
(AED 2291)
According to Kane, borrowed from Geez