Akkadian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *malk- (king, prince). Cognate with Arabic مَلِك (malik) and Biblical Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (mɛ́lɛḵ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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malkum m (plural malkū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. king, prince, (foreign) ruler
    • 9th century BCE, Royal inscription of Shalmaneser III
      mal-ku ša₂ kurḫat-ti ina GIR₃-MIN-ia₅ u₂-šak-ni-su-nu
      lul-lik ša₂ kurur-ar-ṭa-a-a lu-u-mur qa-rab-šu₂-nu
      malkū ša Hatti ina šēpīya ušaknissunu
      lullik ša Urarṭaya lūmur qarābšunu
      I made the princes of Hatti bow down at my feet;
      (now) I wish to go (and) experience warfare with the Urarṭians.

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References

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  • “malku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “malku(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag