burāšum
Akkadian
editEtymology
editRelated to Aramaic בְּרָתָא (bərāṯā) and Biblical Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bəroš). Suggested to be an old borrowing from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā.
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /buˈraː.ʃum/
Noun
editburāšum m (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms
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Descendants
edit- >? Ancient Greek: βράθυ (bráthu, “savin”) (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- “burāšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011