asum

Akkadian

𒄑𒊍 (asum)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

asum f (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. myrtle
Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒄑𒊍 (gišAZ)
  • 𒋆𒊍 (šimAZ)
  • 𒄑𒋆𒊍 (giš.šimAZ)
  • 𒋆𒄈 (šimGIR₂) (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)
  • 𒄑𒀀𒊍 (gišA.AZ) (Mari)
  • 𒄑𒀀𒍪 (gišA.ZU) (Mari)
  • 𒀀𒍪𒌝 (a-su₂-um)
  • 𒀀𒍪 (a-su₂)
  • 𒀀𒋢 (a-su)
  • 𒋆𒀀𒀉𒍮 (giša-a₂-zum)
Descendants
  • → Aramaic: ܐܵܣܵܐ‎ / אָסָא‎ (ʾāsā)
    • → Arabic: آس‎ (ʔās)
      • → Ge'ez: እልኣስ (ʾəlʾas, “myrtle”)
      • → Middle Armenian: հապալաս (hapalas) (√ حَبّ الْآس (ḥabb al-ʔās))
  • →⇒ Hebrew: הֲדַס‎ (hăḏás)
    • → Arabic: هَدَس‎ (hadas)
      • → Amharic: ኣደስ (ʾadäs), አደስ (ʾädäs)
      • → Ge'ez: አደስ (ʾädäs)
      • → Swahili: mhadasi
      • → Tigrinya: ኣደስ (ʾadäs)
    • → Aramaic: הֲדַסַא‎ (hăḏasā)
    • → German: Addas f (used once by Heinrich Heine)
    • → Yiddish:

Etymology 2

𒊍 (asum)

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒊍 (az, “bear”).

Noun

asum m (plural asātum f) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

  1. bear
    Synonym: dabûm
Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒀀𒋢𒌝 (a-su-um)

References

  • “asu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, page 342
  • “asu B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968, page 344

Estonian

Etymology

From asuma +‎ -m.

Noun

asum (genitive asumi, partitive asumit)

  1. a district, subdistrict, or part of a city

Declension

Synonyms

  • linnaosa
  • rajoon
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