𒂍𒃲

Akkadian

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (e₂-gal /⁠egal⁠/, “palace, temple”).

Logogram

𒂍𒃲 • (E₂.GAL)

1. Sumerogram of ēkallum

Sumerian

FWOTD – 24 November 2017

Signs in this term

𒂍

𒃲

Etymology

From 𒂍 (e₂ /⁠ē⁠/, “house, temple”) +‎ 𒃲 (gal, “great, big”).

Noun

𒂍𒃲 • (e₂-gal /ēgal/)

1. palace
   • 24th c. BCE, DP 339, Lagash, CDLI P220989, lines rev. 2:3–3:1:

     𒌷𒅗𒄀𒈾 𒈗 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠𒆤 𒂍𒃲𒋫 𒂊𒋫𒌓𒁺𒉈

     iri-ka-gi-na, lugal LAGAŠ^ki-ke₄, e₂-gal-ta e-ta-ed₂-de₃.

     Irikagina, king of Lagash, will supply them from the palace.

2. temple

Descendants

• → Akkadian: 𒂍𒃲 (ēkallum) (see there for further descendants)

References

• ePSD2
• Edzard, D.O. (2003) Sumerian Grammar‎^[1], Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, archived from the original on 6 August 2017, page 19
• Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 429
• Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎^[2], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 27
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 221