iṣṣūrum
Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʕVṣṣūr- (“bird”). Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎓𐎕𐎗 (ʿṣr /ʕuṣṣūru)/). Compare also Arabic عُصْفُور (ʕuṣfūr) and Biblical Hebrew צִפּוֹר (ṣippór).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /isˤˈsˤuː.rum/
Noun
iṣṣūrum m or f (plural iṣṣūrū m or iṣṣūrātum f)
Alternative forms
- iṣṣūru (non-mimated)
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Related terms
- iṣṣūru rabû (“duck”)
References
- “iṣṣūru”, 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) “iṣṣūru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library