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*waran/l- - (a lizard) (SED II No. 246; Kogan 2011: 211)

Vacillation between -n and -l is likely to be accounted for by the latter’s low compatibility with the preceding -r-.

Akkadian
urnu - (a lizard or snake) (CAD U–W 234, AHw. 1431)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
yallā - a lizard (DJBA 533)
Syriac
yarlā, yallā - lizard (LSyr. 309, SL 584)
Arabic
waral- - lacerta Nilotica (BK 2 1525, Lane 3052)
Mehri
rəwōl - varan (ML 333)
Harsusi
rewōl - waral, Varanus sp. (HL 106)