warki

Akkadian

Etymology

From a lost noun *warkum, biform of 𒉿𒅈𒅗𒌈 (warkatum, “rear, backside”).

Pronunciation

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈwar.ki/

Preposition

warki (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

after
𒉿𒅈𒆠𒋗 ― wa-ar-ki-šu /warkīšu/ ― after his death (literally, “after him”)
behind

Alternative forms

arki
warka (Old Babylonian)
arku, arka (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)
urki (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒂕 (EGIR)	𒉿𒅈𒆠 (wa-ar-ki) 𒅈𒆠 (ar-ki) 𒄱𒆠 (ar₂-ki) 𒌨𒆠 (ur-ki)

Derived terms

warkûm (“later, subsequent, future”)
warkītum (“posterity, descendants”)

References

“arki”, 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), “(w)arki”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvar.ki/
Rhymes: -arki
Syllabification: war‧ki

Noun

warki f

inflection of warka:
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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