nārum

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.rum/

From Proto-Semitic *nahar- (“river”). Cognate with Arabic نَهْر (nahr) and Biblical Hebrew נָהָר (nɔhɔ́r).

nārum f (construct state nār or nāri, plural nārātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. river, canal

   𒈬𒌑 𒈾𒊑𒅎 𒊭𒀊𒇷𒁴

   [mû nārim šaplītim]

   mu-u₂ na-ri-im ša-ap-li-tim

   the water of the lower river

2. River, River-god (a river personified or deified)
3. vein, duct of the liver
4. strip

• nāru (non-mimated)

• “nāru A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “nāru”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library

nārum m (construct state nār or nāri)

1. musician

• nuārum (Assyrian, Nuzi)
• nu'ru (Middle Babylonian)