𒂍𒃲

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Akkadian

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒂍𒃲 (eβ‚‚-gal /⁠egal⁠/, β€œpalace, temple”).

Logogram

𒂍𒃲 β€’ (Eβ‚‚.GAL)

  1. Sumerogram of Δ“kallum

Sumerian

Signs in this term
𒂍 𒃲

Etymology

From 𒂍 (eβ‚‚ /⁠ē⁠/, β€œhouse, temple”) +‎ 𒃲 (gal, β€œgreat, big”).

Noun

𒂍𒃲 β€’ (eβ‚‚-gal /Δ“gal/)

  1. palace
    • 24th c. BCE, DP 339, Lagash, CDLI P220989, lines rev. 2:3–3:1:
      π’Œ·π’…—π’„€π’ˆΎ π’ˆ— 𒉒𒁓𒆷𒆠𒆀 𒂍𒃲𒋫 π’‚Šπ’‹«π’Œ“π’Ίπ’‰ˆ
      iri-ka-gi-na, lugal LAGAΕ ki-keβ‚„, eβ‚‚-gal-ta e-ta-edβ‚‚-de₃.
      Irikagina, king of Lagash, will supply them from the palace.
  2. temple

Descendants

  • β†’ Akkadian: 𒂍𒃲 (Δ“kallum) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • ePSD2
  • Edzard, D.O. (2003) Sumerian Grammar, Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, archived from the original on 6 August 2017, page 19
  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarΚΉ kurdskovo jazyka (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 429
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, β†’ISBN, page 27
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of GeΚΏez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, β†’ISBN, page 221