kaprum

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare Biblical Hebrew כְּפָר (kəp̄ɔ́r) / כֹּפֶר (kóp̄ɛr, “village”) and Arabic كَفْر (kafr, “village”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kaprum m (construct state kaprat, plural kaprū m or kaprātum f) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. village (in the open country), farm
2. suburban settlement (around a city)

Alternative forms

• kapru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒂍𒀀 (E₂.DURU₅) (Neo-Assyrian) 𒌷𒊺 (URU.ŠE)	𒅗𒀊𒊒𒌝 (ka-ap-ru-um) 𒅗𒀊𒊒 (ka-ap-ru) 𒆏𒊒 (kap-ru) (accusative) 𒅗𒀊𒊏𒄠 (ka-ap-ra-am) (genitive) 𒅗𒀊𒊑𒅎 (ka-ap-ri-im) (genitive) 𒆏𒊑𒅎 (kap-ri-im) (construct state) 𒅗𒌓 (ka-par)

References

• “kapru A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011