Root Ș-H-R. Șahrā’, A Desert, a Waste, a Tract of Land Like the Back of a Beast. Șahīr, A Certain Uttering of the Voice of an Ass. Șuhār, The Sweat of Horses. Șahratan Bahratan, idiom, meaning, Openly and Unconcealed, lit. In the Desert, Out at Sea
-Lane’s Lexicon
Lane’s entry for this triliteral root is semantically all over the place but it does elucidate what comes in the following Sumerian text, Donkeys Braying Șahratan Bahratan. When we were in the desert, when we were out at sea, the voice of an ass carried farther than one might expect…leagues, nautical miles, Ayyām min al-Ayyām, Days upon Days…Forty to be precise.