narūqum

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Akkadian

Root
n-r-q
1 term

Pronunciation

Noun

narūqum f (plural narūqātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. (with determinative 𒋢) sack, bag
  2. a dry measure
  3. a business partnership
    1. the capital of such a partnership

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References

  • “naruqqu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 11, N, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “narūqum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag