šurānum

Akkadian

Root
š-r-n
1 term

𒊓𒀀 (šurānum)

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

šurānum m (plural šurānū) (Old Akkadian, Babylonian)

1. cat
2. a male given name

Alternative forms

• šurānu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒊓𒀀 (SA.A)	𒋗𒊏𒉡𒌝 (šu-ra-nu-um) 𒋗𒊏𒀀𒉡 (šu-ra-a-nu) 𒋗𒊏𒉡 (šu-ra-nu) 𒋗𒊏𒈝 (šu-ra-num₂)

Derived terms

• šurāniš (“like a cat”)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: שׁוּנָּרָא / ܫܘܢܪܐ (šunnārā), ܫܘܪܢܐ (šūrānā), ܣܢܘܪܐ (sannūrā)
  • → Arabic: سُنَّار (sunnār), سِنَّوْر (sinnawr)
  • → Hebrew: שׁוּנָר m (shunár, “wild cat”)

References

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