ištānum

Akkadian

𒅎𒋛𒁲 (ištānum)

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtaː.num/

Noun

ištānum m (from Old Babylonian on, Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

1. north
2. north wind

Alternative forms

• ištānu (non-mimated)
• iltānum, iltānu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅎𒋛𒁲 (IM.SI.SA₂) 𒅎𒋛 (IM.SI) (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) 𒅎𒈫 (IM.2)	𒅋𒋫𒉡𒌝 (il-ta-nu-um) (genitive) 𒅋𒋫𒉌𒅎 (il-ta-ni-im) (genitive) 𒅋𒋫𒉏 (il-ta-nim) (genitive) 𒅖𒋫𒉌𒅎 (iš-ta-ni-im) 𒅖𒋫𒉡 (iš-ta-nu) 𒅋𒋫𒉡 (il-ta-nu)

Derived terms

• ištānānu (“northern”)

See also

compass points: 𒅎𒎌 (šārū):  ^[edit]

	𒅎𒋛𒁲 (ištānum)
𒅎𒈥𒌅 (amurrum)		𒅎𒆳𒊏 (šadûm)
	𒅎𒍇𒇻 (šūtum)

References

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