Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/baḥr-

This Proto-West Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Semitic

Noun

*baḥr- m

  1. sea

Usage notes

Replaced the original word *tihām- in West Semitic, but was in turn replaced in Northwest Semitic by *yamm-.

Descendants

  • Central Semitic
    • Arabic: بَحْر (baḥr)
      • Gulf Arabic: بَحَر (bəḥər)
      • Maltese: baħar
      • Moroccan Arabic: بحر (bḥar)
      • → Azerbaijani: bəhr
      • → Bengali: বহর (bohor)
      • → Lishana Deni: בחר (baḥḥaṛ)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: بحر (baḥr)
        • Turkish: bahir
      • → Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਬਹਿਰ (bahir)
        Shahmukhi script: بحر (bḥr)
      • → Swahili: bahari
      • → Uzbek: bahr
      • → Zaghawa: bahar
    • Northwest Semitic:
    • Old South Arabian:
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
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