narkabtum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From rakābum (“to ride”). Cognate with Arabic مَرْكَبَة (markaba, “vehicle, carriage”) and Biblical Hebrew מֶרְכָּבָה (merkɔḇɔ́, “charriot”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /narˈkab.tum/
Noun
narkabtum f (plural narkabātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms
- narkabtu (non-mimated)
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References
- “narkabtu”, 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) “narkabtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library