*naḫīr- - nostril (SED I No. 198; Kogan 2011: 221)

The reconstructed vocalic pattern is based on Akk., Hbr., Arm. and rather supported by MSA *naḫrīr--; cf., however, -u- in Arb. nuḫ(a)rat- and Jud. nḫwr.

Proto-MSA

*naḫrīr- - nose (Kogan 2015: 540)

Proto-MSA *naḫrīr- ‘nose’ goes back to PS *naḫīr- ‘nostriľ (v. SED I No. 198)

Akkadian

naḫīru - nostril (CAD N₁ 136, AHw. 714)

Hebrew

nəḥīrayim - nostrils (HALOT 686)

Demotic Aramaic

mnḥr - nostril (DNWSI 1260)

Jewish Palestinian Aramaic

nḥyr - nostril (DJPA 346)

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

nḥīrā - nostril (DJBA 741)

Syriac

nḥīrē - nostrils (LSyr. 424, SL 907)

Mandaic

nhira, anhira, ˁnhira - nose (MD 291)

Maalula

manḫra - nose (GNDM 63)

Mlaḥso

nḥiro - nose (J Mlaḥ. 184)

Turoyo

nḥiro - Nase (nose) (RW 365)

Arabic

nuḫrat- - fore part of the nose (BK 2 1220, Lane 2777)