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Akkadian
Etymology
From rakābum (“to ride”). Cognate with Arabic مَرْكَبَة (markaba, “vehicle, carriage”) and Biblical Hebrew מֶרְכָּבָה (merkɔḇɔ́, “charriot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
narkabtum f (plural narkabātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- chariot (for war, hung, ceremony)
- (astronomy) Auriga
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Phonetic
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- 𒄑𒇀 (GIŠ.GIGIR)
- 𒄑𒇥 (GIŠ.GIGIR₂)
- 𒄑𒇀𒄭𒀀 (GIŠ.GIGIR.ḪI.A)
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References
- “narkabtu”, 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) “narkabtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag