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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *bin- (“son”). Cognate with Arabic اِبْن (ibn) and Biblical Hebrew בֵּן (ben).
Pronunciation
Noun
bīnum m (Old Akkadian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)
- son
- Synonym: 𒌉 (mārum)
Cuneiform spellings
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- 𒁉𒉏 (bi-num)
- 𒁉𒅔𒉡 (bi-in-nu)
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Derived terms
References
- “bīnu B”, 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) “bīnu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag