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Mehri
noḳḳôr - stork
(Jahn 1902: 217)
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PS
*nVḳVr-
- kind of bird
(SED II No. 162)
The PS status of the present root is questionable since an independent derivation from the widely attested root *nḳr ‘to peck’ in various languages is not unlikely.