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*bVnṯ̣ur- - clitoris, vagina
(SED I No. 37, Kogan 2011: 219)
Reliable, though attested only in Akk. and Arb. Note a variety of forms in Arb.
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Akkadian
biṣṣūru
- vulva, female genitals
(CAD B 268, AHw. 131)
Arabic
bunḏ̣ur-, bayḏ̣ar-, baḏ̣r-, baḏ̣ar-
- clitoris
(BK 1 139, Lane 222)
Cf. a variant root baḍr- ‘clitoris feminae quae praecidi solet’ [Freytag I 128] (not in [BK]).