šaprum

Akkadian

Root
š-p-r
3 terms

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃap.rum/

Etymology 1

Nominalised participle of 𒊭𒉺𒀸 (šapārum, “to send”).

Noun

šaprum m (plural šaprūtum m or šaprātum f) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. messenger, envoy
2. (Neo-Assyrian) variation of 𒊭𒁀𒅈𒌈 (šapartum, “pledge”)

Alternative forms

• šapru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒊭𒀊𒀸 (ša-ap-rum)

References

• “šapru B”, 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) “šapru(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ṯapr- (“vulva”). Cognate with Arabic ثَفْر (ṯafr).

Noun

šaprum m (construct state šapar, plural šaprū) (Babylonian, Elam, Boghazkeui)

1.  thigh (contextually often applied to female genitals)

Alternative forms

• šapru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒍨 (ḪAŠ₂)	𒉺𒅁𒀸 (šap-rum) 𒊭𒀊𒊒 (ša-ap-ru) 𒃻𒀊𒊒 (ša₂-ap-ru) 𒉺𒅁𒊒 (šap-ru)

References

• “šapru A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šapru(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag