napṭum

Akkadian

Root
n-p-ṭ
1 term

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈnap.tˤum/

Noun

napṭum m (Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

1.  naphtha

Alternative forms

• napṭu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒉌𒆳𒊏 (I₃.KUR.RA) 𒉌𒆳 (I₃.KUR) 𒉌𒅆𒌨 (I₃.ḪUL)	𒀮𒌈 (nap.tum) 𒀮𒂅 (nap.ṭu)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: נִיפְטָא (nip̄ṭā)
  • Classical Syriac: ܢܷܦܛܳܐ (nep̄ṭā), ܢܱܦܛܳܐ (nap̄ṭā)
  • → Arabic: نَفْط (nafṭ) (see there for further descendants)
• → Hebrew: נֵפְט (nep̄ṭ)
• → Old Persian: *naftah (see there for further descendants)
  • → Ancient Greek: νάφθα (náphtha, “naphtha”) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Latin: naphtha (see there for further descendants)

References

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