šurānum
Akkadian
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Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ʃuˈraː.num/
Noun
šurānum m (plural šurānū) (Old Akkadian, Babylonian)
- cat
- a male given name
Alternative forms
- šurānu (non-mimated)
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Derived terms
- šurāniš (“like a cat”)
Descendants
- → Aramaic: שׁוּנָּרָא / ܫܘܢܪܐ (šunnārā), ܫܘܪܢܐ (šūrānā), ܣܢܘܪܐ (sannūrā)
References
- “šurānu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šurānu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library