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), ugฤru (non-mimated) (the direction of the borrowing might be the opposite)
    • โ†’ Ugaritic: ๐Žœ๐Ž‚๐Ž—๐Žš (แปงgrt)
      • โ†’ Arabic: ุฃุบุงุฑูŠุช, ุฃูˆุบุงุฑูŠุช (learned)
      • โ†’ English: Ugarit (learned)
      • โ†’ Finnish: Ugarit, ugarit, ugariitti (learned)
      • โ†’ German: Ugarit (learned)
      • โ†’ Mandarin: ็ƒๅŠ ้‡Œ็‰น (Wลซjiฤlวtรจ) (learned)

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[1], volume 2, number 3, pages 156โ€“168.
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