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Mehri
ḳərū - to hide
(ML 237)
Reconstruction
Proto-MSA
*ḳry
- to hide
(Kogan 2015:562)
The origin of Proto-MSA *ḳry ‘to hide’ is uncertain. Contra Leslau, there is hardly any connection between this root and Arb. qry ‘to entertain a guest’ (Lane 2988). (Kogan 2015:562)