Meluḫḫa

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown; might be a borrowing from Proto-Dravidian *mel-Vkku.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Meluḫḫa ?

  1. Meluhha

Alternative forms
  • Melaḫḫa
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic

Derived terms
  • Meluḫḫû (“from Meluhha”)

References
  • “meluḫḫû”, 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), “meluḫḫû”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Miller, Douglas B.; Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 124

Further reading

Meluhha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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