Soqotri

méraṭ - to instruct, to admonish (LS 250, CSOL I 613, CSOL II)

Proto-MSA
*mrṯ - to give instructions (Kogan 2015:564)
The origin of Proto-MSA *mrṯ ̣ ‘to give instructions’ is unknown. Any connection with Tna. märäṣä, Amh. märräṭä, End. Muh. Sod. märräṭä ‘to choose, to prefer, to elect’ (TED 378, AED 197, EDG 424)? (Kogan 2015:564)