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√SRː (SRR)
line of the palm or forehead – WehrCowan1979
▪ The meaning seems to have developed from the notion of *‘hollowness, cavity’ associated with the ‘navel’ (*‘cavity in the belly’). surur and the synonymous sirār therefore belong to the complex treated under ↗surr ‘umbilical cord’ and ↗surraẗ ‘navel’ and, as a whole, in the root entry ↗√SRː (SRR).
▪ But is perh. also surūr ‘joy’ (↗sarra) dependent on surur ‘line of the forehead, facial feature’, as *‘emotion recognizable from facial expression’?
▪ Earliest attestations according to HDAL: surur not attested yet; var. sirār: 536 (sirār al-baṭn etc.) ‘wrinkles and folds in the belly’ (cf. ↗sarār).
► sirār, pl. ʔasirraẗ, ʔasārīrᵘ, n., line of the palm or forehead; pl. features, facial expression, air, also ʔasārīr al-waǧh.
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