ayyalum

Akkadian

𒁰𒈦 (ayyalum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayyal- (“stag, hart”). Cognate with Arabic أَيَّل (ʔayyal) and Biblical Hebrew אַיִל (ʔáyil).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈaj.ja.lum/

Noun

ayyalum m (plural ayyalū) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. stag, deer

Alternative forms

• ayyalu (non-mimated)
• ya'alu, yalu (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁰𒈦 (DARA₃.MAŠ)	𒀀𒅀𒈝 (a-ia-lum) 𒀀𒀀𒈝 (a-a-lum) 𒀀𒀀𒇻 (a-a-lu) 𒀀𒅀𒇻 (a-ia-lu) (genitive) 𒀀𒀀𒅆 (a-a-lim) (genitive) 𒀀𒀀𒇷 (a-a-li)

Derived terms

• ayyalatum (“hind”)

Descendants

• → Sumerian: 𒀀𒀀𒈝 (a-a-lum, aya-lum /⁠ayalum⁠/)

References

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