biṣṣūrum
Akkadian
editEtymology
editCognate with Arabic بَظْر (baẓr, “clitoris”). Compare also the etymology of بَصَل (baṣal, “onion”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /bisˤˈsˤuː.rum/
Noun
editbiṣṣūrum m (plural biṣṣūrū)
Alternative forms
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Coordinate terms
edit- (genitals): išarum (“penis”)
References
edit- “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