idīnum
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /iˈdiː.num/
Noun edit
idīnum m (Old Assyrian)
- (Standard Babylonian) desert, steppe, plain
- (Old Assyrian) meaning unclear
Alternative forms edit
- idīnu (non-mimated)
- edinu, edinnu (Standard Babylonian)
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References edit
- “edinu”, 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) “edinu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag