šikarum
Akkadian
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *šikar- (“alcoholic drink”). Cognate with Arabic سَكَر (sakar) and Biblical Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šeḵɔ́r).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.ka.rum/
Noun
editšikarum m (from Old Akkadian on)
- beer (made of grain)
- alcoholic drink, intoxicant liquid
Alternative forms
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References
edit- “šikaru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 17, Š, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992