barbaru [UR.BAR.RA : ] (barburu)
[Animals]
1) a wolf ;
2) a personal name ;
3) name of star : [MUL.UR.BAR.RA :
] : one of the Ellil stars ;
4)
: barbaru urši : a scorpion , "a bedroom wolf" , see zuqaqīpu ;
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Proto-Semitic : *barbar "wolf, jackal"
- Arabic : babr بَبْر "tiger"