Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

ˀăpūtā - forehead (DJBA 154)

As surmised in SED I No. 204, the unusual Anlaut ˀa- may be due to contamination with the reflexes of PS *ˀanp- > *ˀapp- “nose”, which came to designate “face” throughout Aramaic.

PS
*piˀ-at- - border, side (EDA P 519, SED I No. 204)

*­-V­- in the protoform should probably be replaced by *-­i-­ supported by Eth. and Soq.; ­u- in Akk., Mnd. and Hbr. (if related) might be explained by the influence of *p-­, and -­a-­ in Syr., by the influence of ­-ˀ-.