argamannu

English edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒈠𒉡 (argamannu).

Noun edit

argamannu (uncountable)

A red-purple dye.
- 2006, Stefan Zawadzki, Garments of the Gods: Studies on the Textile Industry and the Pantheon of Sippar According to the Texts from the Ebabbar Archive, Volume 1:
  The least frequently used dye was argamannu, which was also red and probably produced a shade of blue-purple, although different from that of takiltu.
A cloth of this color, often woolen.

Synonyms edit

argaman

Akkadian edit

Etymology edit

Unknown.

Pronunciation edit

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡaˈman.nu/

Noun edit

argamannu m (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Boghazkeui)

red purple
- 8th century BCE, Tiglath-Pileser III, Royal inscription 35
  biltu maddattu kaspu hurāṣu annaku parzillu mašku pīru šinnu pīru takiltu argamannu lubuštu birmu kitû ibilu nāqāte eli kânu
  I imposed upon them tribute (and) payment of silver, gold, tin, iron, elephant hide(s), ivory, blue-purple (and) red-purple garments, multi-colored linen garments, camels, (and) she-camels.
1. (later) red purple wool
(Boghazkeui) tribute

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒋠𒍝𒆳𒋛𒀀 (SIG₂.ZA.GIN₃.SA₅) 𒍝𒆳𒋛𒀀 (ZA.GIN₃.SA₅)	𒅈𒂵𒈠𒉡 (ar-ga-ma-nu) 𒅈𒂵𒎙𒉡 (ar-ga-man-nu)

Alternative forms edit

argawannu

Descendants edit

Neo-Babylonian: Neo-Assyrian: 𒋠𒍝𒆳𒋛𒀀 (argawannu)
- → Aramaic:
  - Classical Syriac: ܐܪܓܘܢܐ (ʾargəwānā, “purple”)
  - Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַרְגְּוָונָא (“purple”)
  - → Hebrew: אַרְגְּוָן (ʾargǝwɔn, “purple”)
  - → Arabic: أرجوان (ʾarjuwān, ʾurjuwān, “purple”)
    - Andalusian Arabic: أرجوان
      - → Spanish: arjorán (“Judas tree”)
    - → Middle Armenian: արճուան (arčuan)
    - → Persian: ارجوان (orjovân)
      - → Ottoman Turkish: ارجوان (ercüvân)
        → Serbo-Croatian: adžùvān / аџу̀ва̄н (“young man, lover”)
  - → Proto-Iranian:
    - Middle Persian: ʾlgwkʾn' (argawān, “purple”)
      - Persian: ارغوان (arğavân, arğovân, “purple; Judas tree”)
        → Georgian: არღავანი (arɣavani)
        
        → Gujarati: અરગવાની (aragvānī)
        
        → Urdu: ارغوان (arğawān, “red-purple; a plant”)
        
        Kurdish:
        → Northern Kurdish: erxewan (“purple; Judas tree”)
        
        → Central Kurdish: ئەرخەوان (erxewan, “purple; Judas tree”)
        
        → Middle Armenian: եղրեւանի (eġrewani, “lilac”)
        Armenian: եղրեւանի (eġrewani)
        
        → Ottoman Turkish: ارغوان (ergavân, erguvân)
        Turkish: erguvan
        
        → Albanian: jargavan
        
        → Romanian: iergovan, iorgovan
        
        → Serbo-Croatian: jȍrgovān / јо̏ргова̄н (“lilac”)
        → Hungarian: orgovány
        
        → Slovak: orgován (“lilac”)
    - Pashto: ارغوان (arğawān, “red-purple; a plant”)
    - Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾrγwʾn /⁠arγawān⁠/, “purple”)
→ Hebrew: אַרְגָּמָן (ʾargɔmɔn, “purple, red-purple [of garment]”)
- → English: argaman
→ Hittite: 𒅈𒄰𒈠𒀸 (/⁠arkammas⁠/, “tribute”) (probably)
→ Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎂𐎎𐎐 (ảrgmn, “purple”)

References edit

“argamannu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968