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*namir- - leopard
(SED II No. 164; Kogan 2011: 208)
Words
Akkadian
nimru
- leopard
(CAD N₂ 234, AHw. 790)
Hebrew
nāmēr
- leopard
(HALOT 701)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
nmr
- leopard
(DJPA 352)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
nimrā
- leopard
(DJBA 756)
Syriac
nemrā
- leopard
(LSyr. 431, SL 922)
Mandaic
namar, nimar, namr
- leopard
(MD 283)
nimria (pl.) ‘leopards, cheetahs’ (MD 298)
Turoyo
namro, nimro
- tiger
(Kuipers 1983: 238)
Arabic
nimr-, namir-
- leopard
(BK 2 1346, Lane 2853)
Sabaic
nmr
- leopard
(SD 97)
Hadramitic
nmr
- leopard
(Pirenne 1990: 93)
Geez
namr
- leopard
(CDG 398, LLA 634, Gr. 213)
Tigre
nabri
- leopard
(WTS 330)
Borrowed from Tigrinya.
Tigrinya
näbrim, nämri
- leopard, panther
(TED 1329, 1306)
Amharic
näbər, nämr
- lynx
(AED 1035, 1018)
Argobba
näbər, näwər
- leopard
(Leslau 1997:214, 215, AAD 242)
Selti
näwər
- leopard, tiger
(EDG 465)
Wolane
näwr
- leopard, tiger
(EDG 465)