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Akkadian
Bābili (in Neo-Assyrian cuneiform)𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠(Bābilim)
Etymology
The ancient interpretation by Akkadian speakers of the city name as bāb(“gate”) + ilim(“of god”) is likely a folk etymology, later translated into Sumerian and written 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠(ka₂ dig̃ir-raki/kan dig̃irak/, literally “gate of god”). More at Babylon.
→ Sumerian: 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠(ka₂ dig̃ir-raki/kan dig̃irak/, literally “gate of god”)(calque)
References
Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2012) “Babylon”, in Places and peoples in Central Asia and in the Graeco-Roman Near East: A multilingual gazetteer compiled for the Serica Project from select Pre-Islamic sources, page 7a
Muss-Arnolt, William (1905) “Bābilu”, in A Concise Dictionary of the Assyrian Language, volume I, Berlin: Reuther & Reichard, pages 144–145
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