warkatum

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Akkadian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Cognate with Arabic وَرِك (warik, hip, buttock) and Biblical Hebrew יָרֵךְ (yɔreḵ, thigh, side).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

warkatum f (plural warkātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. backside, rear side
  2. (anatomy) rectum, buttocks
  3. (military) rear guard (of an army)
  4. (finance) later instalment
  5. arrears (unpaid debt)
  6. estate, inheritance
  7. circumstances, background (of a case)
    𒉿𒅈𒅗𒌓 𒉺𒊏𒋢𒌝 [warkatam parāsum]wa-ar-ka-tam pa-ra-su-umto investigate the circumstances of a case

Alternative forms

[edit]
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • “arkatu”, 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) “(w)arkatu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns