kezēru
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Variant: kazāru
Meanings:
to give someone a (special kind of) hair-do
de:German: Deutsch jemandem eine (besondere) Frisur verpassen
fr:French: Français faire à quelqu'un une coiffure (d'un genre particulier)
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: kzrIII – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
Etymology: Inherited (?) A Semitic etymology remains uncertain. Cf. perhaps PS *qṣr “to be short”, see Kogan 2015, 125 and the meaning of Arab. qṣr (II) “to trim/shorten (hair)”, see Wehr 1030. Note also Aram./Syr. gzr “to cut; to decree” (similar to parāsu in Akk.), see Sokoloff 2009, 226; Sokoloff 2002, 276; Jastrow 231.
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Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) kigul⸢lî ⸣ : ke-ze-ri : mašrû CunMon. 49/2, 107 o. 5′ “destitute place (is associated with?) to give a k .-hair-do (associated with?) wealth”. Commentary Sakikkû III 40. Pace Wee 2019, 108 (understanding kezēru as k.-payment, which, however, would be either parṣī kezēri or nēbeḫ kezēri). new