qištum

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare Aramaic ܩܝܣܐ (qaysā, “wood, tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈqiʃ.tum/

Noun

qištum f (construct state qišti, plural qišātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. forest, grove

Alternative forms

• qištu (non-mimated)
• qiltu (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒌁 (GIŠ.TIR)	𒆠𒅖𒌈 (qi₂-iš-tum)

References

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