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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔahl- (“tent camp”). Cognate with Arabic أَهْل (ʔahl, “kinfolk”) and Biblical Hebrew אֹהֶל (ʔóhɛl, “tent”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ālum m (construct state āl or āli, plural ālānū or ālānû) (from Old Akkadian on)
- city, town
- 𒀀𒈝 𒂊𒇻𒌑𒌝 [ālum elûm] ― a-lum e-lu-u₂-um ― upper city
𒁕𒀀𒀀𒉡 𒀀𒈾 𒁍𒄷𒌨 𒀀𒇷𒅎 𒅋𒇷𒆪- [dayyānū ana puḫur ālim illikū]
- da-a-a-nu a-na pu-ḫu-ur a-li-im il-li-ku
- The judges went to the assembly of the city.
- village, manor, estate
- fort, military strongpoint
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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Mixed
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- 𒌷 (URU)
- 𒌷𒆠 (URU.KI)
- 𒌷𒎌 (URU.MEŠ) (plural)
- 𒌷𒌷 (URU.URU) (plural)
- 𒌷𒐀 (URU.DIDLI) (plural)
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- 𒀀𒈝 (a-lum)
- 𒀀𒇻 (a-lu)
- 𒀀𒇷𒅎 (a-li-im) (genitive)
- 𒀀𒅆 (a-lim) (genitive)
- 𒀀𒆷𒄠 (a-la-am) (accusative)
- 𒀀𒇴 (a-lam) (accusative)
- 𒀀𒀠 (a-al) (state construct)
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- 𒌷𒈝 (URU-lum)
- 𒌷𒇴 (URU-lam) (accusative)
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References
- “ālu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ālu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag