sikkānum

Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒄑𒍣𒃶 (^g̃ešzi-gan /⁠zigan⁠/, “rudder”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sikkānum m (plural sikkānātum f) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)

1.  rudder, steering paddle

Alternative forms

• sikkānu (non-mimated)
• sikkannu, sikānum, sikānu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒍣𒃶 (GIŠ.ZI.GAN)	𒋛𒅗𒉡𒌝 (si-ka-nu-um) 𒋝𒅗𒉡 (sik-ka-nu) 𒋝𒃶𒉡 (sik-kan-nu)

Descendants

• → Arabic: سُكَّان (sukkān)
  • → Azerbaijani: sükan
  • → Persian: سکان (sokân)
  • → Swahili: usukani

References

• “sikkannu”, 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) “si(k)kānu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library