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*ḳāriˀ/y- - kind of bird, partridge
(SED II No. 134)
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Hebrew
ḳōrē(ˀ)
- partridge
(HALOT 1132)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḳwr
- a bird with a long beak
(DJPA 483)
Arabic
qāriy-at-
- kind of bird with short legs, long beak and green back plumage
(BK 2 731, Fr. III 438, Lane 2988, LA XV 180)
var. qāriyy-at-
Amharic
ḳʷərəyye
- migrating crane, large white crane with a long beak
(AED 738)
var. ḳuriyyä. Might be an Arabism.