napṭum

Akkadian

Root
n-p-ṭ
1 term

Unknown.

napṭum m (Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒉌𒆳𒊏 (I₃.KUR.RA) 𒉌𒆳 (I₃.KUR) 𒉌𒅆𒌨 (I₃.ḪUL)	𒀮𒌈 (nap.tum) 𒀮𒂅 (nap.ṭu)

→ Aramaic: נִיפְטָא (nip̄ṭā)
- Classical Syriac: ܢܷܦܛܳܐ (nep̄ṭā), ܢܱܦܛܳܐ (nap̄ṭā)
- → Arabic: نَفْط (nafṭ) (see there for further descendants)
→ Hebrew: נֵפְט (nep̄ṭ)
→ Old Persian: *naftah (see there for further descendants)
- → Ancient Greek: νάφθα (náphtha, “naphtha”) (see there for further descendants)
  - → Latin: naphtha (see there for further descendants)

“napṭu”, 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) “napṭu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library