sikkānum

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (^g̃ešzi-gan /⁠zigan⁠/, “rudder”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /sikˈkaː.num/

sikkānum m (plural sikkānātum f) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)

1. rudder, steering paddle

• sikkānu (non-mimated)
• sikkannu, sikānum, sikānu

• → Arabic: سُكَّان (sukkān)
  • → Azerbaijani: sükan
  • → Persian: سکان (sokân)
  • → Swahili: usukani

• “sikkannu”, 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) “si(k)kānu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library