šēdum

Akkadian

Shedu

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeː.dum/

Noun

šēdum m (plural šēdū)

1. a šēdum protective deity (a male spirit or demon representing the individual's vital force)

   Coordinate terms: (protective god) 𒀭 (ilum), (female counterpart) 𒀭𒆗 (lamassum)

2. luck

Alternative forms

• šēdu (non-mimated)
• šīdum, šīdu (non-mimated)
• šeddu (rare)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀭𒆘 (dALAD) 𒀀𒁺 (A.RA₂)	𒊺𒂊𒁺𒌝 (še-e-du-um) 𒊺𒁺𒌝 (še-du-um) 𒊺𒂊𒁺 (še-e-du)

Descendants

• → Aramaic:

  Jewish Aramaic: שידא (šēḏā, “demon”)

  Classical Syriac: ܫܐܕܐ (šēḏā, “demon”)

  • → Georgian: შეთი (šeti, “mad, insane”)
  • → Hebrew: שֵׁד (šed̠)
  • → Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: şêt

    Central Kurdish: شێت (şêt)

  • → Zaza-Gorani:
  • → Lurish:

    Northern Luri: شؽت (šêt, “mad”)

  • → Middle Armenian: շեթ (šetʻ), շէթ (šētʻ, “mad, insane”)
    • Armenian: շեթ (šetʻ)
  • → Persian: شیدا (šeydâ, “mad, insane; enamored”), شیدا (Šeydâ)
    • Tajik: шайдо (šaydo), Шайдо (Šaydo)
      • → Uzbek: shaydo, Shaydo
    • → Azerbaijani: şeyda, Şeyda
    • → Baluchi: شیدا (šaydā)
    • → Hindustani:

      Urdu: شیدا (šaydā)

    • → Kazakh: шайда (şaida)
    • → Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: şeyda, şêda

    • → Turkish: şeyda, Şeyda

References

• “šēdu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011