šallūrum

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Akkadian

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Etymology

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Possibly from Hurrian 𒄑𒄒 (GIŠ.KIB /⁠*s̄all-orə⁠/), whence also Middle Armenian սալոր (salor, plum). Probably related to Sumerian 𒄒 (šennur, plum).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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šallūrum m (plural šallūrū) (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. a fruit tree and its fruit, probably a plum

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References

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  • “šallūru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
  • Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[2], volume 105, number 4, pages 597–603