Attested as a divine epithet. The widely accepted interpretation of ngr and ngrt (e.g., Pardee 1997:623) seems superior to *naggār- ‘carpenter’.
The origin of Akk.-Ugr. *nāgir- ‘herald’ is uncertain. Huehnergard’s assertion “the word nāgiru ‘herald’ is not attested in any Semitic language other than Akkadian” (1987a:94) is nevertheless correct (contra J. Sanmartín).