cogn▪ [v1] MilitarevKogan2005 (SED II) #84: Syr gārədā ‘castor’, Mhr gərḏīn ‘rat’, Ḥrṣ gerḏīn ‘rat, mouse’, Ar ǧuraḏ ‘espèce de gros rat des champs’, ǧirḏawn ‘rat’. – For further possible parallels (Gz, Akk), see below, section DISC. – Outside Sem: Exact AfrAs parallels in Berb *g(ʷ)arziz- ‘hare’, perfectly corresponding to Sem *g˅r˅ḏ-: Shawiya a-gʷerzíz, Mzab Wargla a-gergīz (-g- < *-z- assimilated to g-), Rif a-yerziz, Ghadames ta-ǧerǧīs, pl. ta-ǧerzaz. Cf. also (EChad) Dangla gârzè ‘rat sp.’ (unless an Arabism), (CChad) Gude tángə̀rə̀žáne ‘type of animal (like squirrel or weasel)’ (< *tan-g˅r˅ǧ-an-).
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