𒃻

𒃻 U+120FB, 𒃻 CUNEIFORM SIGN GAR ← 𒃺 Cuneiform 𒃼 →

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

Derived signs

References

English Wikipedia has an article on:

List of cuneiform signs

Wikipedia

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒃻 (g̃ar, “to place”)

Logogram

𒃻 • (GAR)

1. Sumerogram of šakānum (“to place”)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒃻 (ninda, “food; bread”)

Logogram

𒃻 • (NINDA)

1. Sumerogram of akalum (“food”)
2. Sumerogram of midrum (“a type of bread”)
3. Sumerogram of nindanum (“ninda, a measure unit; rod, pole”)

Usage notes

As some other words for bread, it is written with the same sign as the ninda measure (6 metres, which and the square of which is used as a field measure).

Determinative

𒃻 • (NINDA, ^ninda)

1. used before names of baked goods.

Hittite

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒃻 (ninda, “bread, food”).

Logogram

𒃻 • (NINDA)

1. Sumerogram of 𒃻𒀸 (NINDA-aš /⁠zūwaš⁠/, “bread”)

Luwian

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒃻 (ninda, “bread, food”).

Logogram

𒃻 (NINDA)

1. bread

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Verb

𒃻 • (g̃ar) (reduplicated form 𒂷𒂷 (g̃a₂-g̃a₂ /⁠g̃ag̃a⁠/))

1. to put, place, set, situate
2. to set up, establish, institute
3. to appoint

Related terms

References

• “𒃻 (g̃ar)” in ePSD2

Etymology 2

Noun

𒃻 • (nig̃₂ /nig̃/)

1. thing

References

• “𒃻 (nig̃)” in ePSD2

Etymology 3

Noun

𒃻 • (ninda)

1. bread
2. food

Derived terms

References

• “𒃻 (ninda)” in ePSD2

See also

• Sumerian terms spelled with 𒃻