๐’‚๐’ƒฒ

Akkadian

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’‚๐’ƒฒ (eโ‚‚-gal /โ egalโ /, โ€œpalace, templeโ€).

Logogram

๐’‚๐’ƒฒ โ€ข (Eโ‚‚.GAL)

  1. Sumerogram of ฤ“kallum

Sumerian

FWOTD โ€“ 24 November 2017
Signs in this term
๐’‚ ๐’ƒฒ

Etymology

From ๐’‚ (eโ‚‚ /โ ฤ“โ /, โ€œhouse, templeโ€) +โ€Ž ๐’ƒฒ (gal, โ€œgreat, bigโ€).

Noun

๐’‚๐’ƒฒ โ€ข (eโ‚‚-gal /ฤ“gal/)

  1. palace
    • 24th c. BCE, DP 339, Lagash, CDLI P220989, lines rev. 2:3โ€“3:1:
      ๐’Œท๐’…—๐’„€๐’ˆพ ๐’ˆ— ๐’‰ข๐’“๐’†ท๐’† ๐’†ค ๐’‚๐’ƒฒ๐’‹ซ ๐’‚Š๐’‹ซ๐’Œ“๐’บ๐’‰ˆ
      iri-ka-gi-na, lugal LAGAล ki-keโ‚„, eโ‚‚-gal-ta e-ta-edโ‚‚-deโ‚ƒ.
      Irikagina, king of Lagash, will supply them from the palace.
  2. temple

Descendants

  • โ†’ Akkadian: ๐’‚๐’ƒฒ (ฤ“kallum) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • ePSD2
  • Edzard, D.O. (2003) Sumerian Grammarโ€Ž[1], Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, archived from the original on 6 August 2017, page 19
  • Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologiฤeskij slovarสน 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)โ€Ž[2], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, โ†’ISBN, page 27
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geสฟez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, โ†’ISBN, page 221
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