burāšum

Akkadian

Etymology

Related to Aramaic בְּרָתָא (bərāṯā) and Biblical Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bəroš). Suggested to be an old borrowing from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā.

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /buˈraː.ʃum/

Noun

burāšum m (from Old Akkadian on)

1. a tree of the cypress family, most likely a juniper

Alternative forms

• burāšu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄑𒇷 (GIŠ.LI) 𒋆𒇷 (ŠIM.LI) 𒄑𒋆𒇷 (GIŠ.ŠIM.LI) 𒌑𒄑𒇷 (U₂.GIŠ.LI)	𒁍𒊏𒋗𒌝 (bu-ra-šu-um) 𒁍𒊏𒋙 (bu-ra-šu₂)

Descendants

• >? Ancient Greek: βράθυ (bráthu, “savin”) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “burāšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011