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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *qadqad-. Compare Biblical Hebrew קָדְקֹד (qɔḏqóḏ, “the top of the head”) and Ugaritic 𐎖𐎄𐎖𐎄 (qdqd, “the top of the head”).
Pronunciation
Noun
qaqqadum m (plural qaqqadātum f) (from Old Akkadian on)
- head
- person, self
- leading person
- upper part, top
- (finance) capital, principal (amount)
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒊕𒁺 (SAG.DU)
- (rare) 𒊕 (SAG)
- 𒌋𒅗 (UGU)
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- 𒂵𒀝𒂵𒌈 (qa-aq-qa-dum)
- 𒋡𒀝𒋡𒁺 (qa-aq-qa-du)
- 𒆕𒋡𒁺 (qaq-qa-du)
- 𒋡𒋡𒁺 (qa-qa-du)
- (construct state) 𒆕𒋡𒀜 (qaq-qa-ad)
- (construct state) 𒆕𒋗 (qaq-qad)
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Descendants
- → Old Armenian: գագաթն (gagatʻn)
References
- Muss-Arnolt, William (1905) A Concise Dictionary of the Assyrian Language, volume II, Berlin: Reuther & Reichard, pages 923–924
- “qaqqadu”, 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) “qaqqadu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library