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Akkadian
Etymology
Related to Aramaic בְּרָתָא (bərāṯā) and Biblical Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bəroš). Suggested to be an old borrowing from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā.
Pronunciation
Noun
burāšum m (from Old Akkadian on)
- a tree of the cypress family, most likely a juniper
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒄑𒇷 (GIŠ.LI)
- 𒋆𒇷 (ŠIM.LI)
- 𒄑𒋆𒇷 (GIŠ.ŠIM.LI)
- 𒌑𒄑𒇷 (U₂.GIŠ.LI)
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Descendants
- >? Ancient Greek: βράθυ (bráthu, “savin”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- “burāšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011