kandum

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Akkadian

Etymology

In view of the age of the word said to be borrowed from West Semitic in the form Aramaic כַּנְדָּא (kandā, “vessel, pot; specifically for wine”), apparently not considering origin in Sanskrit कन्दु (kandu, “pot”) and ultimately Proto-South Dravidian *kiṇṭV- (“pot”). Aramaic כּדּא (kaddā) could have been later dissimilated, as the other Northwest Semitic languages only have in Ugaritic 𐎋𐎄 (kd), Hebrew כַּד (kaḏ), Phoenician 𐤊𐤃 (kd).

Pronunciation

Noun

kandum m (plural kandānu)

  1. (Neo-Babylonian) a kandu jar, a container of earthenware or silver, mainly for wine

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References

  • “kandu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971, pages 148–149
  • Podolsky, Baruch (1998) “Notes on Hebrew Etymology”, in Schlomo Isre'el, Itamar Singer, Ran Zadok, editors, Past links: Studies in the languages and cultures of the ancient Near East (Israel Oriental studies; 18)‎, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, →ISBN, pages 199–200
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 33
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