nimr نِمْر , var. namir, pl. numur, ʔanmār, numūr
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panther, leopard – WehrCowan1976.
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#1886: from protSem *namir‑ ‘leopard’ < AfrAs *numur‑ or *nurum‑ ‘leopard; hyaena’ (orig. prob. *‘the spotted one’).
▪ Any connection with ↗¹namir ‘clean, pure, healthy, wholesome’?
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: (*‘panther, leopard’) Akk nimru, Hbr nāmēr, Syr nemrā, Gz namr.
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#1886: Together with Akk nimrᵘ, Hbr nāmēr, Syr nemrā, Gz namr, Hss nemr, the Ar word goes back to protSem *namir‑ ‘leopard’. Given the fact that three WCh languages have the word murum (< WCh *murum‑), which could be COGNates (with assimilation of nasals & metathesis), for ‘hyaena’, one could assume AfrAs *numur‑ as a possible ancestor (alternatively *nurum‑, in which case the Sem, not the Ch form would show metathesis). A possible explanation for the fact that the word signifies ‘leopard’ in Sem, but ‘hyaena’ in Chad, would be that originally it just meant *‘the spotted one’, see ↗numraẗ below, in section DERIV.
▪ Any connection with ↗¹namir ‘clean, pure, healthy, wholesome’?
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►tanammara, vb. V, to become angry, furious, turn into a tiger: DT-stem, denom. ►numraẗ, pl. numar, n.f., speck, spot: perh. the etymon proper.
►ʔanmarᵘ, f. namrāʔᵘ, pl. numr, adj., spotted, speckled: ʔaFʕaLᵘ formation for colours and body dysfunctions.
►munammar, adj., spotted, striped, brindled: PP II.
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