Nakir: strange, foreign, stranger, alien, other, different. In the Ethiopian language of Gecez we see: Neker neh'-ker or noker something strange, i.e. Nekar - foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom:-alien, strange (+ -er). look intently at hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning):-acknowledge, X could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly). Naw-kar' - a primitive root properly, to scrutinize, i.e. In Hebrew, we can find the same root word: See also: Dictionary of the Hausa Language, Volume 1, By Charles Henry Robinson: “Nakir, an angel whose office, according to Mohammaden belief is to try the dead in their graves” Munkar and Nakir (Arabic: منكر و نكير‎‎) (English translation: 'The Denied and The Denier') For this they can point to the Arabic word Nakira, which means unrecognized or 'he was ignorant of', and to the Islamic 'Nakir': However, scholars I found tend to take a different view, and consider that NTR's root meaning is 'strange', 'foreign' 'unknown'. I listed the meanings in my document here I searched through possible root words in Semitic, Cush-ite, Berber, and Chadic languages and concluded that it most likely has its root meaning as enlivened, Animated One, jumping, startled, wonderful, marvelous, rising up, moving, shaking, etc. Other Afro-Asiatic languages are a good place to start. So when considering the possible root meanings, one should also be open to taking into account words with consonant series like NKL and not only NTR.

Ancient Egyptians' ancestors pronounced some letters as K and L where Egyptians came to pronounce T and R. One of the mysteries for Egyptologists has been the root meaning for the word God in Egyptian, NTR. It is interesting to see forum users, particularly our moderator kmt sesh familiar with ancient Egyptian history and culture.

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