Sîn
See also: Sin
Akkadian
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Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈsiːn/
Noun
[edit]Sîn m (from Old Akkadian on)
- Nanna, Suen, Nanna-Suen, the Sumerian moon god, son of Enlil and Ninlil.
- (especially Standard Babylonian, astronomy) moon
- (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian, Middle Assyrian) the name of a month
Alternative forms
[edit]- Sê', Sî' (Neo-Assyrian)
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Derived terms
[edit]- sînu (“moon”)
References
[edit]- “sīnu”, 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) “Sîn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 140