ሶር

Ge'ez

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”).

Noun

ሶር • (sor) m (plural አስዋር)

ox
bull

References

Dillmann, August (1865), “ሶር”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel

Tigre

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”).

Noun

ሶር • (sor) (plural አስዋር (ʾäswar), and አስዋራት (ʾäswarat))

ox
(derogatory) gelding, castrate

Etymology 2

Cognate to or borrowed from Arabic سُور‎ (sūr, “wall, mure”).

Noun

ሶር • (sor) (plural አስዋር (ʾäswar), and አስዋራት (ʾäswarat))

wall, mure

References

Littmann, Enno; Höfner, Maria (1962), “ሶር”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 193a

Tigrinya

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”).

Noun

ሶር • (sor)

castrated goat

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