Octavià Alexandre
wrote: Greek zéphuros 'west wind' and zóphos 'darkness' represent
a root *dJepH- ~ *dJopH- which can be readily linked to Altaic *dZipHu 'evening,
darkness' (a "satem" form in his full right).
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ISHINAN's
response: The Greek "Zephyr" has a correspondent in Arabic, Dubuwr/Dabuwr root
of "dbr". In Classical Arabic and according to Arabian mythology;
Dubuwr/Dabuwr was the violent westerly wind that destroyed the ancient Arabian
tribe of `Ad (Thamuwd) (referred to as "Tamudaei" in the
writings of Aristo of Chios, Ptolemy, and Pliny and Claudius Ptolemy's
Geographos who mentions of the inhabitants of 'Ad's capital,
Ubar).
MEANINGS:
Dabuwr/Dubuwr: A violent wind blowing from
the west.
dbr: an evil omen referring to gloom in connection to the
west wind, also referring to
a tract of the western sky at sunset. For
expanded definitions click below:
http://www.theegyptianchronicles.com/LINKS/DBR.html
In addition, now compare Arabic
"dbr" with your Altaic proposition:
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Proto-Altaic:
*ǯip`u
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: evening, darkness
Russian meaning:
вечер, сумерки
Tungus-Manchu: *ǯip-ku-
Japanese:
*dupu
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Additional
references for the Destruction of `Ad by Dubuwr:
http://www.islamawareness.net/Glossary/
Four excavations were conducted by Dr. Juris Zarins, tracing the
historical presence by the people of 'Ad, the assumed ancestral builders of
Iram.