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Akkadian
Etymology
Unknown. It could be either a borrowing from another unattested language or a derivation from the verb 𒅗𒂷𒂷 (ragāmum, “to exclame, shout to”).
Pronunciation
Noun
targumannum m (from Old Akkadian on)
- interpreter, dragoman
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- 𒅴𒁄 (EME.BAL) (Old Akkadian, Ur III)
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Descendants
References
- “targumannu”, 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) “targumannu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag