Arabic نهر

← Akkadian nārum (cognate)

← Aramaic נהרא (cognate)

← Hebrew נהר (cognate)

← Proto-Semitic *nahar- (inherited)

← Classical Syriac ܢܗܪܐ (mention)

← Ugaritic 𐎐𐎅𐎗 (cognate)

→ Spanish Nilo (cognate)