warkatum

Akkadian

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic وَرِك (warik, “hip, buttock”) and Biblical Hebrew יָרֵךְ (yɔreḵ, “thigh, side”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈwar.ka.tum/

Noun

warkatum f (plural warkātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. backside, rear side
2. (anatomy) rectum, buttocks
3. (military) rear guard (of an army)
4. (finance) later instalment
5. arrears (unpaid debt)
6. estate, inheritance
7. circumstances, background (of a case)

   𒉿𒅈𒅗𒌓 𒉺𒊏𒋢𒌝 [warkatam parāsum] ― wa-ar-ka-tam pa-ra-su-um ― to investigate the circumstances of a case

Alternative forms

• warkatu (non-mimated)
• barkatu
• urkatum, urkatu (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒂕 (EGIR) 𒀀𒂵 (A.GA)	𒉿𒅈𒅗𒌈 (wa-ar-ka-tum) 𒅈𒅗𒌈 (ar-ka-tum) 𒅈𒅗𒌅 (ar-ka-tu)

Derived terms

• warkatam (“later, soon afterwards”)

 

References

• “arkatu”, 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) “(w)arkatu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns