nārum

Akkadian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *nahar- (“river”). Cognate with Arabic نَهْر (nahr) and Biblical Hebrew נָהָר (nɔhɔ́r).

Noun

nārum f (construct state nār or nāri, plural nārātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. river, canal

   𒈬𒌑 𒈾𒊑𒅎 𒊭𒀊𒇷𒁴

   [mû nārim šaplītim]

   mu-u₂ na-ri-im ša-ap-li-tim

   the water of the lower river

2. River, River-god (a river personified or deified)
3. vein, duct of the liver
4. strip

Alternative forms

• nāru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀀𒇉 (ID₂) (pl) 𒀀𒇉𒀀𒇉 (ID₂.ID₂) (pl) 𒀀𒇉𒁕𒄭𒀀 (ID₂.DA.ḪI.A)	𒈾𒀀𒀸 (na-a-rum) 𒈾𒊒𒌝 (na-ru-um) 𒈾𒀸 (na-rum) 𒈾𒀀𒊒 (na-a-ru)

Derived terms

• nārtum (“ditch, canal”)

References

• “nāru A”, 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) “nāru”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library

Etymology 2

Noun

nārum m (construct state nār or nāri)

1. musician

Alternative forms

• nuārum (Assyrian, Nuzi)
• nu'ru (Middle Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒈜 (NAR) 𒇽𒈜 (Lu₂.NAR)	𒈾𒀀𒀸 (na-a-rum) 𒈾𒊒𒌝 (na-ru-um)