▪ NṢR_1 ‘…’ ↗… ▪ NṢR_2 ‘…’ ↗…♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘flood channels leading into a valley, tributaries of a river, rain falling on arid land; to aid, to assist in repelling an attack, helpers, disciples; to triumph; to become impregnable; to avenge o.s.’ – Philologists derive the word naṣrānī from this root although it is more likely that the word is of Syr origin, derived from the name of Jesus’ hometown, Nazareth.