Appendix:Proto-Semitic/qarn-

This entry contains Proto-Semitic reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Etymology

A possible Afro-Asiatic cognate is found in Egyptian (New Kingdom) qr.tj "horns (dual)". A possible loan relation with Indo-European *ḱer- (“horn”) has also been suggested. Proponents of Nostratic combine the Indo-European and the Semitic root via a proto-Nostratic *kErV.

Noun

*qarn-

1. horn

Reflexes

• Akkadian: 𒋛 (qarnu [SI])
• Arabic: قَرْن (qarn)

  Egyptian Arabic: قرن (ʾarn)

  Maltese: qarn

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew script: קְרַן (qəran), קַרְנָא (qarnāʾ)

  Syriac script: ܩܪܢ (qəren), ܩܪܢܐ (qarnāʾ)

• Hebrew: קֶרֶן (qéren)
• Phoenician: 𐤍‎𐤓‎𐤒 (qrn)
• Ugaritic 𐎖𐎗𐎐 (qrn)