bīnum
Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *bin- (“son”). Cognate with Arabic اِبْن (ibn) and Biblical Hebrew בֵּן (ben).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈbiː.num/
Noun
bīnum m (Old Akkadian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)
Alternative forms
- bīnu (non-mimated)
- binnu
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Derived terms
- bintum
References
- “bīnu B”, 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) “bīnu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library