ܣܪܓܘܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܣܲܪܓ݂ܘܿܢ (sarḡōn) with a hardening of the gamal, from Biblical Hebrew סַרְגוֹן (sargón), from Akkadian 𒈗𒁺 (Šarrum-kīn, literally “the king is legitimate”); compare Arabic سَرْجُون (sarjūn). Doublet of ܫܲܪܘܼܟܝܼܢ (šarūkīn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [sar.ɡoːn]

Proper noun

ܣܲܪܓܘܿܢ • (sargōn) m

1. Sargon of Akkad, Sargon the Great (the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire)
2. Either of two Assyrian kings (Sargon I and Sargon II)
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Sargon