Xahar

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Xahar arabice capilli.


Apparatus:

arabice ABC ejp | grece ms. e
capilli | capili B
{capilli} ms. p adds an attempt at writing ﺷﻌﺮ /šaʕr/, /šaʕar/ in Arabic script.


Translation:

Xahar is Arabic for Latin capilli {"hair(s)"}.


Commentary:

Xahar:
Wehr (1976): ﺷﻌﺮ /šaʕr/, /šaʕar/ "hair".
Concerning Simon's habit to to transcribe the sound /š/ often with "x", see X littera 4) Iberian scribal tradition and words of Arabic origin.


WilfGunther (talk) 14:45, 26 September 2016 (BST)


For a different spelling of the word see also: Scahar. Not to be confused with Scahair.


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