zumrum
Appearance
Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈzum.rum/
Noun
[edit]zumrum m (construct state zumur, plural zumrū) (from Old Babylonian on)
- body (of humans, animals, objects, etc.)
- Synonym: (trunk; self; corpse) 𒇿 (pagrum)
- 𒊭𒊏𒀜 𒍪𒌝𒊑𒅎 [šārat zumrim] ― ša-ra-at zu-um-ri-im ― body hair
- (figurative) person
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References
[edit]- “zumru”, 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) “zumru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag