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The meaning of which is contested with connections to: Akkadian𒀀𒊏𒀭𒌓(arantu, “a type of grass; fennel”), perhaps in connection to the region around the city of Ugarit, the ruins today being known as رَأْس شَمْرَة(raʔs šamra, “Headland or Cape Fennel”).
Also connected to Akkadian𒀀𒊏𒀭𒁺(araddu, arantu, “wild ass; stubborn”), possibly related to the modern name for the river الْعَاصِي(al-ʕāṣī, “rebel, stubbornly in error, refusing to be corrected”) so-called for its flowing south to the north unlike the rest of the rivers in the region.