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*ˀarḫ- - cow, heifer
(SED II No. 12, Fron. VI 30, DRS 32)
Words
Akkadian
arḫu
- cow
(CAD A₂ 263, AHw. 67)
Ugaritic
ˀarḫ
- cow, heifer
(DUL 102)
one of the most ancient and widespread animal names in Semitic (SED II No.12), borrowing from Akk.
arḫu
‘cow’ must be emphatically excluded (contra Watson 2007: 78).
Ammonite
ˀrḥ
- young cow
(HJ 107)
Official Aramaic
ˀrḫ
- cow
(HJ 1253)
From Papyrus Amherst 63.
Arabic
ˀirḫ-
- jeune taureau (young bull)
(BK 1 23)
Arabic
ˀirāḫ-
- antilope
(Fr. I 25, TA 7 226)
Possibly related.
Arabic
ˀirḫat-
- génisse (heifer)
(BK 1 24)
Cf. also ˀarḫ-, ˀurḫiyy- id. (Fr. I 25, LA III 4).
Tigrinya
ˀarḥa
- bull, ram
(TED 1437)
Cf. also ˁarḥa id. (ibid. 1842).
Tigrinya
ˀarḥi
- heifer, goat, cow, sheep or hen which has not yet produced offspring
(TED 1437)
Soqotri
áˀarḥ or arḥ
- grown-up heifer
(
LS
74;
CSOL II
392;
Naumkin et al. 2015a
:58)