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Akkadian
zanzīru - starling
(CAD Z 49, AHw. 1511)
Hap Leg in ZA 6 244 47 (equated to iṣṣūr kirî). According to both dictionaries, borrowed from Aramaic.
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PS
*zarzī/ūr-
- starling
(SED II No. 254)
Scarcely attested, Common Semitic status not fully reliable.