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Akkadian
buḳaru - cattle
(CAD B 323, AHw 139)
The Akkadian word, attested in the Syrian area (Ebla, Mari, Emar), is borrowed from the widely attested PCS designation of large cattle *baḳar- (SED II No. 59)
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PCS
*baḳar-
- large cattle
(SED II No. 59; Kogan 2011: 205; Kogan 2015: 183)