▪ Schall1982 would derive Ar
tāǧir via Aram
ṯaggārā from Akk
tamkāru ‘merchant’,
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and the latter from Sum
damgar ‘id.’. – Cf. however HalloranSumLex3.0, who says that Sum
dam-gàr(-a) is in itself borrowed from Akk
tamkāru, not the other way round. – Cf. also the arguments, put forward by Jeffery1938, against
tāǧir as the n. that is dependent on Aram
taggārā; the direct loan is rather Ar ↗
tiǧāraẗ ‘merchandise; trade, commerce’; for details see
s.v..