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*ˀan(V)ḳ- - a bird of prey
(SED II No. 6)
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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ˀynḳwrˀ
- a type of bird
(DJBA 146, Jastrow 53)
Cf. PS *ˀan(V)ḳ- ‘a bird of prey’ (SED II No. 6).
Syriac
ˁnāḳā
- ostrich
(LSyr. 535, SL 1118)
“Clearly an Arabism (a late gloss explaining Arb. ˁanḳāˀ-)” (SED II 10).
Arabic
ˀanūq-
- female of the vultur percnopterus, eagle
(BK 1 63, Lane 118)
Arabic
ˁanqāˀ-
- long-necked bird, griffin, kind of fabulous bird of prodigious size, king of birds, Anka
(BK 2 388, Lane 2177)
Possibly related.
Geez
ˀanḳe, ˀanḳet
- hawk, kite
(LGz. 30, LLA 772, Gr. 245)
Geez
māˁǝnaḳ, māˁnǝḳ
- turtledove, locust-eating crane
(LGz. 326, LLA 991, Gr. 293)
Possibly related.
Amharic
anč̣ət
- a kind of hawk with a white breast
(K 1252)
Amharic
ən(ə)ḳ(ḳ)e
- sparrow hawk, hawk
(K 1215)
Chaha
anḳ’ət
- kind of hawk
(LGur. 73)
Ezha
anḳ’ət
- kind of hawk
(LGur. 73)
Ennemor
anḳ’it
- kind of hawk
(LGur. 73)
Gyeto
anḳ’it
- kind of hawk
(LGur. 73)
Muher
anḳ’ət
- kind of hawk
(LGur. 73)
Masqan
anḳ’ət
- kind of hawk
(LGur. 73)
Gogot
anḳ’ət
- kind of hawk
(LGur. 73)