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Syriac
šrḳ - (aph.) to whistle, hiss; to whisper to; to play; to shine
(LSyr. 810, SL 1611)
Reconstruction
PNWS
*šrḳ
- to whistle
(Kogan 2015:238)
Hardly any connection with Amh.
sərḳ alä
‘to hiccup’