ṣpr / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ṣpr: cipher, Safar, zaffer.

ṣpr1

Arabic root, to be(come) empty, vacant.

a. cipher, zero; decipher, from Arabic ṣifr, empty (translation of Sanskrit śūnyam, cipher, dot), from ṣafira, to be(come) empty, vacant;;
b. Safar, from Arabic ṣafar, Safar, probably from ṣafira (see above).
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ṣpr2

Central Semitic, to be(come) yellow.

zaffer, perhaps from Arabic ṣufr, yellow copper, brass, from ʔaṣfar, yellow.

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