Akkadian

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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’†ฌ๐’Œ“ (kug/kuโ‚ƒ-babbar /โ kugbabbar, kubabbarโ /).

Logogram

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๐’†ฌ๐’Œ“ โ€ข (KUG.BABBAR, KUโ‚ƒ.BABBAR)

  1. Sumerogram of kaspum (โ€œsilverโ€).

Sumerian

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Signs in this term
๐’†ฌ ๐’Œ“
Alternative forms of
/kugbabbar/
๐’†ฌ๐’Œ“๐’Œ“ (kug-babbarโ‚‚)

Etymology

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From ๐’†ฌ (kug, kuโ‚ƒ /โ kugโ /, โ€œmetal, silverโ€) + ๐’Œ“ (babbar, โ€œshiningโ€).

Noun

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๐’†ฌ๐’Œ“ โ€ข (kug-babbar, kuโ‚ƒ-babbar /kugbabbar/)

  1. silver

References

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  • โ€œ๐’†ฌ๐’Œ“ (kugbabbar)โ€ in ePSD2