nisannum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒉠 (nesag̃).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nisannum m (construct state nisan) (Babylonian, Mari, Neo-Assyrian)

1. offering of first produce of the season, offering of first fruits
2. Nisannu (first month of the Babylonian calendar, corresponding to March-April)

Alternative forms

• nisannu (non-mimated)
• nisānum, nisānu
• nissanum, nissanu
• nisangu, nisaggu, nisakku

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌚𒁈𒍠𒃻 (ITI.BAR₂.ZAG.GAR) 𒌚𒁈 (ITI.BAR₂) (later periods) 𒌚𒁇 (ITI.BAR) (Standard Babylonian, rare) 𒌚𒁇𒊕𒊕 (ITI.BAR.SAG.SAG) (Standard Babylonian, rare)	𒉌𒊓𒉡𒌝 (ni-sa-nu-um) 𒉌𒊓𒀭𒉡 (ni-sa-an-nu) 𒉌𒊕𒄖 (ni-sag-gu) 𒉌𒊕𒆪 (ni-sak-ku)

Derived terms

• nisannûm

Descendants

• → Aramaic: נִיסָן (nīsān)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān)
  • Turoyo: ܢܝܣܷܢ (nisën)
  • Classical Syriac: ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)
    • → Arabic: نيسان (naysān)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: نیسان (nisan)
        • Turkish: nisan
        • Northern Kurdish: nîsan
      • → Persian: نَیسان (neysân)
• → Biblical Hebrew: נִיסָן (nîsān)
  • → Israeli Hebrew: נִיסָן (nisán)

References

• “nisannu”, 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) “nisa(n)nu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 133