𒂍𒃲

Akkadian

Etymology

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

Logogram

𒂍𒃲 β€’ (Eβ‚‚.GAL)

  1. Sumerogram of Δ“kallum

Sumerian
FWOTD – 24 November 2017
Signs in this term
𒂍𒃲

Etymology

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

Noun

𒂍𒃲 β€’ (eβ‚‚-gal /Δ“gal/)

  1. palace
    24th c. BCE, DP 339, Lagash, 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.
  1. temple

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

References
    • ePSD2
    • Edzard, D.O. (2003) Sumerian Grammarβ€Ž, Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, archived from the original on 2017-08-06, page 19
    • Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarΚΉ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (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)β€Ž, 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
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