๐’€€๐’ƒผ

Sumerian
Signs in this term
๐’€€๐’ƒผ
Alternative forms of
/agar/
๐’‡‹ (agarโ‚‚)
๐’…Š (agarโ‚„)

Etymology

Perhaps an ancient Mesopotamian Wanderwort. Some scholars have seen this word as part of the Euphratic substrate hypothesis, which connects it to Proto-Indo-European *hโ‚‚รฉวตros (โ€œfieldโ€). Compare also Akkadian ๐’€€๐’ƒผ (ugฤrum) and Ugaritic ๐Žœ๐Ž‚๐Ž— (แปงgr).

Noun

๐’€€๐’ƒผ โ€ข (a-garโ‚ƒ agar)

  1. field, arable land, irrigation district
  2. meadow

Descendants
  • โ†’? Akkadian: ๐’€€๐’ƒผ (ugฤrum) (the direction of the borrowing might be the opposite)

References
  • โ€œ๐’€€๐’ƒผ (agar)โ€ in ePSD2
  • Whittaker, Gordon (2008), โ€œThe Case for Euphraticโ€, in Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciencesโ€Ž, volume 2, issue 3, pages 156โ€“168.
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