šamšum

Akkadian

Alternative forms
  • šamšu (non-mimated form)
  • śamśum (Old Akkadian)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *śamš-. Compare Arabic شَمْس‎ (šams, “sun”) and Biblical Hebrew שֶׁמֶשׁ‎ (šemeš, “sun”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃam.ʃum/

Noun

šamšum m (construct state šamaš)

  1. sun
  2. sunlight
  3. day
  4. sun disk

Sumerograms

This word can be written with the following Sumerograms:

𒌓 (UTU, UD)

Phonetic cuneiform spelling
𒊭𒄠𒋗𒌝 (ša-am-šu-um)

Derived terms
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