Addarum

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown. Spelt with 𒌚 (“month”) and 𒊺 (“grain”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈad.da.rum/

Proper noun

Addarum m

1. Adar, the twelfth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately February-March)

Alternative forms

• Addaru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌚𒊺 (ITI.ŠE) 𒌚𒊺𒆥𒋻 (ITI.ŠE.KIN.TAR, ITI.ŠE.KIN.KUD)	𒀀𒁕𒊒𒌝 (a-da-ru-um) 𒀀𒁕𒊒 (a-da-ru)

Descendants

• → Biblical Hebrew: אֲדָר (ʾăḏār, “Adar”)
• → Aramaic: אֲדָר (ʾăḏār)
  • → Arabic: آذَار (ʔāḏār)

References

• “addaru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 1, A, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1964