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PWS
*mVdVr-/*mVdr- - earth, soil
(Fronzaroli 1969: 5, 24; Kogan 2011: 189; Kogan 2015: 445)
in EthS completely ousted PS
*ˀarŝ-̣
‘earth,’ which left virtually no trace
Words
Hebrew
mädär
- ordure (material for vessels)
(Jastrow 735)
pB.
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
midrā
- clay
(DJBA 643)
Syriac
medrā
- clod of earth, soil, mud, dust
(LSyr. 375, SL 717)
Arabic
madar-
- lumps, clods of dry clay
(Lane 2698)
Sabaic
mdr
- territory, ground
(SD 83)
Geez
mədr
- earth, soil, ground, land
(CDG 330)
Tigre
mədər
- land, earth, groudn
(WTS 140)
Tigrinya
mədri
- earth
(TED 506)
Amharic
mədər
- earth
(AED 323)
Argobba
mədər
- earth
(Leslau 1997:211, AAD 108)
Chaha
mädär
- place, a particular area
(EDG 392)
Ezha
mädär
- place, a particular area
(EDG 392)
Gyeto
mädär
- place, a particular area
(EDG 392)
Muher
mädär
- place, a particular area
(EDG 392)
Masqan
mädär
- place, a particular area
(EDG 392)
Gogot
mädär
- place, a particular area
(EDG 392)
Soddo
mədər
- earth
(EDG 392)
Soddo
mädär
- place, a particular area
(EDG 392)
Mehri
mdêr
- Lehmziegel (air-dried, adobe brick)
(Jahn 1902:210)