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Bathari
ˁar, ˁer - only; just; away from; than
(
Gasparini - Morris 2025
159)
Reconstruction
Proto-MSA
*ˁar
- but
(Kogan 2015:549)
The etymology of Proto-MSA *ˁar ‘but’ is uncertain. A cognate relationship with Arb.
γayr-
is rather attractive, but ˁ instead of γ is hard to explain. (Kogan 2015:549)