barbarum

Akkadian
π’Œ¨π’‡π’Š (barbarum)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Sumerian π’Œ¨π’‡π’Š (urbarak, literally β€œoutside dog, wild predator”). Compare Arabic Ψ¨ΩŽΨ¨Ω’Ψ±β€Ž (babr, β€œtiger”) and Classical Syriac ά’ά’άͺάβ€Ž (bbrΚΎ, β€œtiger”), not understood in their direct origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

barbarum m (plural barbarΕ«)

  1. wolf
  2. (Standard Babylonian, astronomy, with determiner π’€―) the name of one of the twelve stars of Enlil

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • π’€π’…ˆπ’€π’Š‘π’…Ž (ba-ar-ba-ri-im) (genitive)
  • π’€π’…ˆπ’€π’Š’ (ba-ar-ba-ru)
  • π’‡π’€π’Š’ (bar-ba-ru)

Derived terms
  • barbar urΕ‘im (scorpion)

References
  • β€œbarbaru”, 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), β€œbarbaru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Latin

Adjective

barbarum

  1. inflection of barbarus:
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. nominative/accusative neuter singular

Noun

barbārum f

  1. genitive plural of barba

References
  • β€œbarbarum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • barbarum in Gaffiot, FΓ©lix (1934) Dictionnaire illustrΓ© latin-franΓ§ais, Hachette
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