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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *gVr- (“whelp”). Cognate with Arabic جَرْو (jarw, “cub”) and Biblical Hebrew גּוּר (gur, “cub”).
Pronunciation
Noun
girru m (Standard Babylonian)
- lion
- Synonyms: 𒌨𒈤 (nēšum), 𒆷𒁍𒌝 (lābum)
c. 7th–9th C. BCE [c. 1300 BCE], Ludlul bēl nēmeqi, CDLI P491222, canto 5:𒄿𒈾 𒉿𒄿 𒄫𒊑 𒀀𒆸𒅀
𒀉𒁲 𒀮𒊓𒈠 𒀭𒀫𒌓- [ina pî girri ākilīya
iddi napsama Marduk] - i‐na pi‐i gir‐ri a‐kil‐ia
id‐di nap‐sa‐ma dAMAR.UTU - In the mouth of the lion devouring me
Marduk placed a bit.
p. 1000 BCE, Lexical series Ea, composite number Q000156, archived from the original on 29 January 2023, tablet 4, entry 133:𒍣𒅁 𒄞 𒐼 𒀭𒌨𒄞 𒄫𒀸- [zib GUD ša dUR.ZIB₃ girrum]
- zi‐ib GUD ša₂ dUR.ZIB₃ gir‐rum
- 𒄞 zib, as in 𒀭𒌨𒄞 (dUR.ZIB₃ /urdib/, “lion”)
Cuneiform spellings
| Phonetic
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- 𒄫𒊒 (gir-ru)
- 𒄀𒅕𒊒 (gi-ir-ru)
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References
- “girru C”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 5, G, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956, page 94
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “gerru II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag