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SFR سفر 
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√SFR 
“root” 
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Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to reveal; to sweep away; to travel; (of daylight) to come or break’ 
▪ (BAH2008): Philologists classify ‘books’ and ‘scribes’ under this root on the strength of shared radical consonants. The latter two concepts are, in fact, borrowings from Aram and/or Syr.
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▪ Engl safarisafar.
▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl sofer, from Hbr sōpēr ‘scribe’, PA of sāpar ‘to count’; akin to Ar ↗sifr ‘book’. 
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safar سَفَر 
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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl safari, from Ar safariyyaẗ ‘journey’, from safar ‘departure, journey’, akin to the denom. vb. sāfara ‘to travel’. 
 
safīr سَفِير 
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