biṣṣūrum

Akkadian

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic بَظْر (baẓr, “clitoris”). Compare also the etymology of بَصَل (baṣal, “onion”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

biṣṣūrum m (plural biṣṣūrū)

1. (anatomy) vulva or vagina

Alternative forms

• biṣṣūru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒊩𒆷 (GAL₄.LA)	𒁉𒄑𒍪𒀸 (bi-iṣ-ṣu₂-rum) 𒁉𒄑𒍮𒊒 (bi-iṣ-ṣu-ru)

Coordinate terms

• (genitals): išarum (“penis”)

References

• “biṣṣūru”, 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) “biṣṣūru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag