Akkadian

berâtu - swamps, lagoons (CAD B 206, AHw. 122, CDA 43)

Var. birâtu, bērātu. The relation of BI-ra-a-ti (a kind of reservoir) to *baḥr- is uncertain (Kogan 2011: 192).

Areal reconstruction
*baḥr- - sea (Fronzaroli 1968: 273, 288, 299; Kogan 2011: 191)