آشور

• آشُّور (ʔāššūr)

Ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ʃuːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

آشُور • (ʔāšūr) m

1. (biblical) Ashur (a grandson of Noah in Genesis)
2. the Assyrian nation, his descendants
3. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))

• آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
• آشُورِيَّة (ʔāšūriyya)

آشور • (âšur)

1. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))