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Arabic
ˀibl-, ˀibil- - chameaux, race de chameaux (camels, breed of camels)
(BK 1 5, Lane 8)
Reconstruction
Areal reconstruction
*ˀibil-
- camel
(SED II No. 2, Kogan 2011: 207)
one of the four widespread designations of camel in individual languages, the similarity between these designations must be due to diffusion from an Arabian source