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Akkadian
Etymology
Unknown. Compare perhaps Arabic شَوْك (šawk, “thorn”), عَوْسَج (ʕawsaj), and Biblical Hebrew שֵׂךְ (śeḵ, “thorn”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ašāgum m (Babylonian, Boghazkeui)
- a common spiny plant, perhaps a camelthorn
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Phonetic
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- 𒌑𒄉 (KIŠI₁₆, U₂.GIR₂)
- 𒄑𒌑𒄉 (GIŠ.KIŠI₁₆, GIŠ.U₂.GIR₂)
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References
- “ašāgu”, 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) “ašāgu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag