ayyalum
Akkadian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *ʔayyal- (“stag, hart”). Cognate with Arabic أَيَّل (ʔayyal) and Biblical Hebrew אַיִל (ʔáyil).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈaj.ja.lum/
Noun
editayyalum m (plural ayyalū) (from Old Babylonian on)
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
edit- ayyalatum (“hind”)
Descendants
edit- → Sumerian: 𒀀𒀀𒈝 (a-a-lum, aya-lum /ayalum/)
References
edit- “ajalu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ayyalu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag