girru

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *gVr- (“whelp”). Cognate with Arabic جَرْو‎ (jarw, “cub”) and Biblical Hebrew גּוּר‎ (gur, “cub”).

Pronunciation

Noun

girru m (Standard Babylonian)

  1. lion
    Synonyms: 𒌨𒈤 (nēšum), 𒆷𒁍𒌝 (lābum)
    • c. 7th–9th C. BCE [c. 1300 BCE], Ludlul bēl nēmeqi‎, CDLI P491222, canto 5:
      𒄿𒈾 𒉿𒄿 𒄫𒊑 𒀀𒆸𒅀
      𒀉𒁲 𒀮𒊓𒈠 𒀭𒀫𒌓
      ina pî girri ākilīya
      iddi napsama Marduk
      /i‐na pi‐i gir‐ri a‐kil‐ia
      id‐di nap‐sa‐ma dAMAR.UTU      /
      In the mouth of the lion devouring me
      Marduk placed a bit.
    • p. 1000 BCE, Lexical series Ea‎, composite number Q000156, tablet 4, entry 133:
      𒍣𒅁 𒄞 𒐼 𒀭𒌨𒄞 𒄫𒀸
      zib GUD ša dUR.ZIB₃ girrum
      /zi‐ib GUD ša₂ dUR.ZIB₃ gir‐rum/
      [Sign:] 𒄞 [Pronunciation:] zib, as in 𒀭𒌨𒄞 (dUR.ZIB₃ /urdib/, “lion”)

Alternative forms
  • gerru
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒄫𒊒 (gir-ru)
  • 𒄀𒅕𒊒 (gi-ir-ru)

References
  • “girru C”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 5, G, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956, page 94
  • Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “gerru II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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