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Akkadian
Etymology
Cognate with Arabic وَرِك (warik, “hip, buttock”) and Biblical Hebrew יָרֵךְ (yɔreḵ, “thigh, side”).
Pronunciation
Noun
warkatum f (plural warkātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- backside, rear side
- (anatomy) rectum, buttocks
- (military) rear guard (of an army)
- (finance) later instalment
- arrears (unpaid debt)
- estate, inheritance
- circumstances, background (of a case)
- 𒉿𒅈𒅗𒌓 𒉺𒊏𒋢𒌝 [warkatam parāsum] ― wa-ar-ka-tam pa-ra-su-um ― to investigate the circumstances of a case
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒉿𒅈𒅗𒌈 (wa-ar-ka-tum)
- 𒅈𒅗𒌈 (ar-ka-tum)
- 𒅈𒅗𒌅 (ar-ka-tu)
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Derived terms
References
- “arkatu”, 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) “(w)arkatu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns