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Akkadian
Etymology
Possibly related to Proto-Semitic *ṭāb- (“good, pleasant, tasty, palatable”), either in the sense of taste or from the use of salt in preservation of meat allowing it to remain edible; other Semitic cognates suggest it is the former as they typically denote incense, spices, fragrances and scents, i.e. things pleasing to the senses. Compare also Arabic مَلِيح (malīḥ, literally “salty”) reversely developing to mean “well” in the dialects.
Pronunciation
Noun
ṭabtum f (pronominal state ṭabta)
- salt
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