𒂗

See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"

𒂗 U+12097, 𒂗 CUNEIFORM SIGN EN ← 𒂖 [U+12096] Cuneiform 𒂘 → [U+12098]

Translingual

Glyph origin

Cuneiform sign "EN", for "Lord" or "Master": evolution from the pictograph of a throne circa 3000 BCE, followed by simplification and rotation down to circa 600 BCE.

Cuneiform sign

𒂗	Sign Number
MZL	164
Deimel	99
HZL	40

Derived signs

• 𒀙
• 𒂘
• 𒂙
• 𒂚
• 𒂛
• 𒂜
• 𒂝
• 𒃉
• 𒃊
• 𒃞
• 𒇃
• 𒇙
• 𒈋

 

References

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒂗
Sumerograms	EN
Phonetic values	en

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒂗 (en, “lord”).

Logogram

𒂗 • (EN)

1. Sumerogram of bēlum (“lord, owner”)
2. Sumerogram of ēnum (“lord”)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒂗 (en /⁠enna⁠/, “until”)

Logogram

𒂗 • (EN)

1. Sumerogram of adi (“until”)

Etymology 3

Logogram

𒂗 • (EN)

1. (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, mathematics) Sumerogram of mīnum (“what?”)

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Conjunction

𒂗 • (en /enna/)

1. Alternative spelling of 𒂗𒈾 (en-na /⁠enna⁠/, “until”)

Etymology 2

“lord”

Emegir	𒂗 (en)
Emesal	𒅇𒈬𒌦 (umun)

Noun

𒂗 • (en)

1. lord

Related terms

• 𒀭𒂗𒆠 (^den-ki, “Enki”)
• 𒀭𒂗𒆤 (^den-lil₂, “Enlil”)
• 𒂗𒉡𒌦 (en-nu-uŋ₃ /⁠ennuŋ⁠/, “guard”)
• 𒊩𒂗 (munus-ensi, “female seer”)

 

Descendants

• → Akkadian: 𒂗 (ēnum)

See also

• Sumerian terms spelled with 𒂗

References

• “𒂗 (en)” in ePSD2