ṭīdum

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Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṭīn- (clay). Cognate with Arabic طِين (ṭīn, mud) and Biblical Hebrew טִיט (ṭiṭ, mud, clay).

Pronunciation

Noun

ṭīdum m (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. mud, clay

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References

  • “ṭīdu”, 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) “ṭīdu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag