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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *birk- (“knee”). Cognate with Arabic بَرَكَ (baraka, “to kneel”), رُكْبَة (rukba, “knee”) and Biblical Hebrew בֶּרֶךְ (bɛ́rɛḵ, “knee”).
Pronunciation
Noun
birkum m (construct state birki, pronominal state birka, plural birkū)
- knee
- lap
- euphemism for male or female genitals
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