𐤏𐤁𐤃

Punic

FWOTD – 15 June 2016

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤏𐤁𐤃 (ʿbd). A Central Semitic innovation, cognate with Hebrew עֶבֶד (ʿéḇeḏ), Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎁𐎄 (ʿbd), Classical Syriac ܥܒܕܐ (ʿaḇdā), Old South Arabian 𐩲𐩨𐩵 (ʿbd).

Pronunciation

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /ʕabd/
• (2^nd BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /ʕabd/
• (2^nd CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /aʋd/

Noun

𐤏𐤁𐤃 (ʿbd)

1. slave, servant
   • 2^nd Century B.C.E., Cippi of Melqart

     lʾdnn.mlqrt.bʿl.ṣr.ʾš.ndr
     ʿbdk.ʿbdʾsr.wʾ(ḥy).ʾsršmr[?]

     To our master Melqart, Lord of Tyre, dedicated by
     Your slave ʿAbdʾ Osir and his brother ʾOsirshamar.