ašrum

Akkadian

Root
'-š-r
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar- (“footstep, trace”). Cognate with Arabic أَثَر‎ (ʾaṯar, “trace, sign”) and Biblical Hebrew אֲשֶׁר‎ (ʔăšɛ́r, a relativizer), אֲתָר‎ (ʔăṯɔ́r, “site, location”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ašrum m or f (construct state ašar, plural ašrū m or ašrātum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. place, site, location, setting, locale

   𒀀𒊬 𒀭𒌑𒅆 ― a-šar ^dšam-ši /ašar Šamši/ ― in the open (literally, “"a sunny place"”)

   𒀀𒊭𒅈 𒅖𒋼𒂗 ― a-ša-ar iš-te-en /ašar ištēn/ ― together, unanimously (literally, “in one place”)

2. country, region, city, building

Alternative forms

• ašru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒆠 (KI)	𒀾𒀸 (aš₂-rum) 𒀾𒊒 (aš₂-ru) 𒀸𒊒 (aš-ru) 𒀀𒊬 (a-šar) (construct state) 𒀀𒊭𒅈 (a-ša-ar) (construct state)

References

• “ašru A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “ašru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns