šamnum
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *šamn- (“fat”). Cognate with Arabic سَمْن (samn, “ghee”) and Biblical Hebrew שֶׁמֶן (šɛ́mɛn, “oil”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈʃam.num/
Noun edit
šamnum m (construct state šaman) (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms edit
- šamnu (non-mimated)
- šamanu (Neo-Assyrian)
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Derived terms edit
References edit
- “šamnu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989