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*ḥVrd/ḏān- - (a lizard)
(SED II No. 102; Kogan 2011: 211)
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Ebla
ḫu-da-um
- (an animal)
(VE 0024)
See Sjoberg 1996a 15-6; also cf. Sjoberg 1999 546
Hebrew
ḥardōn
- large Libyan lizard
(Jastrow 499)
Syriac
ḥardānā
- starred lizard
(LSyr. 255, SL 487)
Maalula
ḥarḏōnā
- lizard
(GNDM 40)
Turoyo
ḥuldīno
- eine Spanne lange, etwas dickliche Eidechse (a long, somewhat plump lizard)
(RW 236)
According to SED II, obviously related to *ḥVrd/ḏān-, with l instead of the expected r.
Arabic
ḥirḏawn-, ḥirdawn-
- lizard
(BK 1 406, Lane 545)
Amharic
arǯano
- monitor lizard, an aquatic reptile resembling the crocodile, but smaller (Verenus niloticus)
(AED 1157)
Harari
arǯūni
- kind of a crocodile
(EDH 31)