Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: bꜣy 1, bꜣy.t 2 <*bVrVy

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'etw. Essbares aus Getreide' 1, 'ein Backwerk' 2, MK (EG I 417)

Notes: brry (n) 'bread'

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ba/u(ʔ)r-ay- ~ *ba/urba/ur- (redupl.)

Meaning: flour, groats

Semitic: *burbūr- 'crushed wheat'

Berber: *-baray 'rough flour'

Egyptian: *bVrVy (>bꜣy 'grain food', bꜣy.t 'cake')

Western Chadic: *bar(bar)i 'flour, gruel'

Central Chadic: *buʔray- 'gruel, flour'

East Chadic: *bura 'flour '

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *bur- 'groats'

Low East Cushitic: *bur- 'flour'

Notes: Relative adjective derived from *bar- 'a cereal', with the meaning 'processed grain'?

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1932

Proto-Semitic: *burbūr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: crushed wheat

Arabic: burbūr- 'blé broyé' (Blachère, Chouémi & Denizeau 1964, 495; redupl. stem)

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *-baray

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'rough flour'

Ghadames: ta-bare-t 'gâteau fait d'un pain' (Lanfry 1973, 27)

Senhadja: a-brǝi 'pounded barley'

Semlal: i-briy-n (pl.) 'farine grossière' (Destaing 1920, 124)

Seghrushen: i-bray-n (pl.) 'rough flour' (Abdel-Massih 1971, 181)

Baamrani: bǝrri 'pounded grain'

Izdeg: a-brǝi 'pounded grain'

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *bar(bar)i

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'flour, gruel'

Hausa: buri, biri 'the flour in which balls of fura are rolled' (Bargery 1934, 134, 111)

Ngizim: barbari 'gruel' (HSED No. 224; redupl.)

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *buʔr-ay-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'gruel, flour'

Mwulyen: ḅúrô 'gruel' (Kraft; <*buʔr-)

Bachama: ḅùrey 'gruel' (Kraft; <*buʔr-ay)

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *ba/ura(y)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'flour' Cf. N 471

Somrai: bura 'flour' (HSED No. 224)

Tumak: bar̆ 'flour' (HSED No. 224)

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *bur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'groats'

Khamir: bura 'Mehlgrütze' (Reinisch 1884, 349)

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *bur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'flour'

Somali: bur 'flour' (Abraham 1962, 36)

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