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عَمْبـٞهٞر

ˁámbeher

basic morphological information

n. (m.)

ambergris
амбра
العنبر

LS 312; CSOL I 491; Wranik 2003:486

text examples

teŝóˀom díˀɛʰ ˁámbeher ˁasέ teftéde ‘Sell your ambergis, maybe you’ll make a profit’ (CSOL I 25:32)

root

ˁmbr

etymology

An area word also attested in Mhr. ˀāmbīr ‘amber’, Jib. ˁánbír ‘amber’, Arb. ˁanbar- ‘ambergris’, Gez. ˁanbar(i) ‘amber; whale, sea monster’, Tgr. ˀambäri ‘amber’. The oft-adduced Akkadian *amru does not exist, cf. CAD K 500 (kukru).