zikarum

Akkadian

Root
z-k-r
2 terms

𒋛𒈠𒀜 𒍣𒅗𒊑𒅎 (simat zikarim)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (“man, male”). Cognate with Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar) and Biblical Hebrew זָכָר (zɔḵɔ́r).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ka.rum/

Adjective

zikarum (masculine plural zikarū, predicative zikar) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. male, virile

   𒍑 𒅇 𒊩 [zikar u sinniš] ― NITA u₃ SAL ― male and female

Noun

zikarum m (plural zikarū)

1. man, male
2. ram
3. a specific quality of stones and plants used as drugs; a cloud formation.

Alternative forms

• zikaru (non-mimated)
• zikrum, zikru
• zikkarum, zikkaru
• zakrum, zakru (Old Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒍑 (NITA, NITAḪ) 𒀴 (NITA₂)	𒍣𒅗𒊒𒌝 (zi-ka-ru-um) 𒍣𒅗𒀸 (zi-ka-rum) 𒍣𒅗𒊒 (zi-ka-ru)

Coordinate terms

• (gender): sinništum (“female”)
• (age): ṣuḫārum (“boy”)

Derived terms

• zakkārum
• zikartum
• zikrūtum
• zukrum

 

References

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