Akkadian

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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒃮𒊑 (gaba ri, to confront).

Logogram

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𒃮𒊑 (GABA.RI)

  1. Sumerogram of šumḫurum (to make accept, cause to meet, offer)

References

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  • “maḫāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “maḫāru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Sumerian

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Signs in this term
𒃮 𒊑

Verb

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𒃮⫽𒊑 (gaba ri)

  1. to confront, advance against
  2. to equal

References

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  • 𒃮𒊑 (gaba ri)” in ePSD2