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Akkadian
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Biblical Hebrew הָרָן (ḥɔrɔ́n, “Haran, a Biblical place name”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ḫarrānum f (plural ḫarrānātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- road, way, path
𒄩𒊏𒉡𒌝 𒄿𒊬𒌈- ḫa-ra-nu-um i-šar-tum
- /ḫarrānum išartum/
- the right path (the right behaviour)
- (astronomy) path (of heavenly bodies)
- journey, trip, travel
- (Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian) journey-money
- (Neo-Babylonian) trading capital
- business venture
- military expedition/campaign
- 𒆜 𒀀𒆷𒆪𒌝 ― KASKAL a-la-ku-um /ḫarrānam alākum/ ― to perform military service (literally, “to go (on) military expedition”)
- 𒆜 𒍝𒁀𒌈 ― KASKAL ṣa-ba-tum /ḫarrānam ṣabātum/ ― to take to the road, undertake a campaign
- caravan
- (mathematics) times
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Phonetic
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- 𒆜 (KASKAL)
- 𒆜𒆠 (KASKAL.KI) (Old Akkadian)
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Synonyms
Descendants
- → Sumerian: 𒄯𒊏𒀭 (ḫar-ra-an /ḫarran/)
References
- “ḫarrānu”, 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) “ḫarrānu(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