gišrum

Akkadian

Root
g-š-r
1 term

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiʃ.rum/

Noun

gišrum f (plural gišrānū) (Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

1. wooden bar, log
   1. part of a lock to close a door
   2. barricade
2. (Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian) bridge
3. (Neo-Babylonian) bridge toll

Alternative forms

• gišru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒄀𒅖𒊒 (gi-iš-ru) 𒄑𒊒 (giš-ru) (accusative) 𒄀𒅖𒊏𒄠 (gi-iš-ra-am) (accusative) 𒄀𒅖𒊏𒀀𒄠 (gi-iš-ra-a-am)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: גִּשְׁרָא (gišrā)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܸܫܪܵܐ (gišrā)
  • Turoyo: ܓܷܫܪܳܐ (gëšro)
  • → Arabic: جِسْر (jisr)
• → Classical Syriac: ܓܫܪܐ (gešrā)
• → Hebrew: גֶּשֶׁר (gɛ́šɛr)

References

• “gišru A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• “gišru B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “gišru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag