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Akkadian
Etymology
From Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir₄ /gir/, “oven”). Cognate with Arabic جِير (jīr, “chalk, lime”) and Hebrew גִּיר (gir, “chalk, lime”).
Noun
kīrum f (plural kīrātum) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)
- oven, kiln (especially for lime and bitumen)
- Synonym: 𒆠𒉈 (kūrum, “metal/glass furnace”)
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References
- “kīru”, 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) “kīru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag