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Syriac
ˀaryā - lion
(LSyr. 48, SL 98)
Cf. also ˀaryūtā ‘lioness’ (SL 99).
Reconstruction
PNWS
*ˀarway-/*ˀaryay-
- lion
(SED II Nos. 17, 18; Kogan 2015: 236)
semantic narrowing from a more general meaning “wild beast” in PWS