𒀭

Translingual

Symbol

𒀭

1. Cuneiform sign AN.

𒀭

meanings

• AN "heaven"
• DINGIR "deity"
  • as a determiner abbreviated to D, e.g. ^DEN.LÍL=Enlil
• AN.BAR "iron"
• NANNA=AN.NA "tin"
• KUR AN.TA "upland"
• AN KI "heaven and earth"
• AN GE₆ "eclipse (of a celestial body)"

evolution

originally a drawing of a star; in Sumerian cuneiform consisting of four crossing wedges, , in Assyrian cuneiform simplified to .

References

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

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Akkadian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil- (“deity”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lum/
• (Middle Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lu/

Noun

𒀭 • (ilum) m [DINGIR]

1. (logogram) god, deity
2. (rare) priest

Noun

𒀭 • (ilatu‹m›) f [DINGIR]

1. (logogram) goddess

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šamāy- (“sky, heaven”).

Noun

𒀭 • (šamû) [AN]

1. (logographic, plural only) sky (Often spelled 𒀭𒈨𒌍 (AN.MEŠ)

Etymology 3

From Sumerian 𒀭 (AN, “Anu”).

Proper noun

𒀭 • (anu‹m›)

1. Anu

Determinative

𒀭 • (^d) [DINGIR]

1. god, deity

References

• DINGIR in ePSD
• AN in ePSD

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Sumerian

Noun

𒀭 • (DINGIR)

1. deity
2. god
3. goddess