𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Akkadian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (id₂idigna /Idigna/, “Tigris”).
Logogram[edit]
𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 • (id₂IDIGNA)
- Sumerogram of Idiglat (“Tigris”)
Sumerian[edit]
𒀀 | 𒇉 | 𒈦 | 𒄘 | 𒃼 |
Alternative forms of /Idigna/ |
---|
𒀀𒇉𒄘𒃼 (id₂idigna) |
𒄘𒃼 (idigna) |
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from 𒀀𒇉 (id₂ /id/, “river”) + 𒉌 (i₃ /i/, “it”, verbal prefix 3rd person non-animated) + 𒁺 (g̃en, “went”) + 𒀀 (a /'a/, nominalising suffix), related to the Tigris River's speed and roughness compared against the Euphrates.
Proper noun[edit]
𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 • (id₂idigna /Idigna/)
Descendants[edit]
- → Akkadian: 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idiglat)
References[edit]
- “𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (idigna)” in John A. Halloran, Sumerian Lexicon
- “𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idigna)” in ePSD2
Further reading[edit]
Categories:
- Akkadian terms borrowed from Sumerian
- Akkadian orthographic borrowings from Sumerian
- Akkadian terms derived from Sumerian
- Akkadian lemmas
- Akkadian logograms
- Sumerian terms spelled with 𒀀
- Sumerian terms spelled with 𒇉
- Sumerian terms spelled with 𒈦
- Sumerian terms spelled with 𒄘
- Sumerian terms spelled with 𒃼
- Sumerian compound terms
- Sumerian lemmas
- Sumerian proper nouns