Syriac

ˀaryā - lion (LSyr. 48, SL 98)

Cf. also ˀaryūtā ‘lioness’ (SL 99).

PNWS
*ˀarway-/*ˀaryay- - lion (SED II Nos. 17, 18; Kogan 2015: 236)
semantic narrowing from a more general meaning “wild beast” in PWS