Gilgameš
See also: Gilgamés
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
From Sumerian 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌 (“Gilgameš”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈɡil.ɡa.meʃ/
Proper noun edit
Gilgameš m
- Gilgamesh (a Sumerian king of early dynastic Uruk, later made an epic hero)
- 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦 𒌌𒌅 𒌓𒌝 𒀪𒀠𒁺 𒈾𒁍 𒋳𒋙 𒋃𒁷𒋙 𒀭𒈠 𒂄𒈜𒋫𒋙 𒀀𒈨𒇻𒌅
- [Gilgameš ultu ūm ialdū nabu šumšu šittīnšu ilumma šulultašu amēlūtu]
- dGIŠ.GIN₂.MAŠ ul-tu u₄-um i'-al-du na-bu šum-šu₂ šit-tin-šu₂ DINGIR-ma šul-lul-ta-šu₂ a-me-lu-tu
- Gilgameš was his name from the day he was born, two-thirds of him god but one-third of him human.
- (Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet I, lines 47-48)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, pages 103-104
Further reading edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Gilgameš m anim
Declension edit
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Gìlgameš m (Cyrillic spelling Гѝлгамеш)