šaprum
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Akkadian[edit]
Root |
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š-p-r |
3 terms |
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈʃap.rum/
Etymology 1[edit]
Nominalised participle of 𒊭𒉺𒀸 (šapārum, “to send”).
Noun[edit]
šaprum m (plural šaprūtum m or šaprātum f) (from Old Babylonian on)
- messenger, envoy
- (Neo-Assyrian) variation of 𒊭𒁀𒅈𒌈 (šapartum, “pledge”)
Alternative forms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “šapru B”, 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) “šapru(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *ṯapr- (“vulva”). Cognate with Arabic ثَفْر (ṯafr).
Noun[edit]
šaprum m (construct state šapar, plural šaprū) (Babylonian, Elam, Boghazkeui)
- thigh (contextually often applied to female genitals)
Alternative forms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “šapru A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šapru(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Categories:
- Akkadian terms belonging to the root š-p-r
- Akkadian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Akkadian lemmas
- Akkadian nouns
- Akkadian masculine nouns
- Akkadian terms attested from Old Babylonian on
- Neo-Assyrian
- Akkadian terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Akkadian terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Babylonian
- Boghazkeui Akkadian
- akk:Occupations
- akk:Body parts