našru

Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from a West Semitic language, from Proto-West Semitic *našr-. Compare Arabic نَسْر (nasr) and Biblical Hebrew נֶשֶׁר (nɛ́šɛr).

Pronunciation

Noun

našru m

  1. (lexical, hapax legomenon) eagle
    Synonym: erûm
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒈾𒀾𒊒 (na-aš₂-ru)

Usage notes

This term was a late replacement for the original Akkadian erûm.

References

  • “našru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], volume 11, N, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980, page 79a
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “našru”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library
  • Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 210
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