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*kursiˀ- - chair, throne
(Beyer 1984: 610; Kogan 2015: 390)
contra Sum. gu-za, Akk. kussiˀu, Hbr. kissē(ˀ)
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Old Aramaic
krsˀ
- throne
(DNWSI 536)
Biblical Aramaic
korsēˀ
- seat, throne
(HALOT 1902)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
kwrsy
- chair, throne
(DJPA 254)
Syriac
kursyā
- chair, throne
(LSyr. 348, SL 614)
Maalula
korsa
- Stuhl, Thron
(GNDM 50)
Arabic
kursiyy-
- throne, chair
(Lane 2605)
This is an Aramaism in Arabic (Jeffery 1938:249)