𒁾

Akkadian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).

Noun

𒁾 • (ṭuppu)

1. (clay) tablet
2. document
3. letter

Descendants

• → Elamite:
  • • Middle Persian: dywʾn' (dīwān), 𐭣𐭯𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (dpywʾn', “dēwān”), 𐭣𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (dywʾn', “dēwān”); 𐫅𐫏𐫇𐫀𐫗 (dywʾn) — Manichaean
      • Persian: دیوان (divân, dêvân)
        • → Arabic: ديوان (dīwān)
          • Andalusian Arabic: ديوان (dīwān), *دوان (*duwān)
            • → Catalan: duana
            • → Portuguese: aduana
            • → Spanish: aduana
              • → Basque: aduana
              • → Hiligaynon: aduana
              • → Tagalog: adwana
              • → Waray-Waray: adwana
            • → Medieval Latin: doana, dogana, dovana
              • → Albanian: doganë
              • → Italian: dogana
              • → Old French: dohanne
                • Middle French: doana
                  • French: douane
                    • → Algerian Arabic: الدِّيوَانَة (ad_dīwāna)
                    • → Dutch: douane
                      • Afrikaans: doeane
                      • → Indonesian: duane
                      • → Papiamentu: doeana
                    • → English: douane
                • Norman: douanne
        • → Azerbaijani: divan
        • → Bengali: দেওয়ান (deōẇan)
        • → Georgian: დივანი (divani), მდივანი (mdivani)
        • → Hindi: दीवान (dīvān)
          • → English: dewan
          • → Telugu: దివాను (divānu), దివాన్ (divān‌)
        • → Malay: dewan
          • Indonesian: dewan
        • → Ottoman Turkish: دیوان (dîvân)
          • Turkish: divan
          • → Azerbaijani: divan
          • → Czech: divan
          • → French: divan
            • → English: divan
            • → German: Diwan
            • → Portuguese: divã
          • → Greek: διβάνι (diváni), ντιβάνι (ntiváni)
          • → Hungarian: díván
          • → Italian: divano, diwan
          • → Middle Armenian: տիւան (tiwan)
            • Armenian: դիվան (divan)
          • → Polish: dywan
          • → Romanian: divan
          • → Russian: дива́н (diván)
          • → Serbo-Croatian:

            Cyrillic script: дѝва̄н

            Latin script: dìvān

          • → Bulgarian: дива̀н (divàn)
          • → Spanish: diván
        • → Urdu: دیوان (dīvān)
        • → Zazaki: diwan
      • → Old Armenian: դիւան (diwan)
        • Armenian: դիվան (divan)
      • → Old Georgian: დივანი (divani)
        • Georgian: დივანი (divani)
    • Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭯𐭩𐭥𐭥 (dibīr)
      • Persian: دبیر (dabir, debir)
        • → Ottoman Turkish: دبیر (debîr)
      • → Niya Prakrit: 𐨡𐨁𐨬𐨁𐨪 (divira)
      • → Old Armenian: դպիր (dpir) (from some Middle Iranian language, possibly Middle Persian)
        • → Armenian: դպիր (dpir)
    • Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭯‎ (dp‎)
      • Persian: دف (daf) (see there for further descendants)
    • Middle Persian:
      • Persian: دب (dab)
        • (see there for further descendants)
    • → Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨡𐨁𐨤𐨁 (dipi) (Shahbazgarhi, Mansehra)
      • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺 (lipi) (Girnar, Dhauli, Jaugada)
        • → Sanskrit: लिपि (lipi)

Etymology 2

Noun

𒁾 • (kunukku)

1. cylinder seal, sealed tablet, kunukku

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: կնիք (knikʻ), կնունք (knunkʻ) — post-classical, senses “stamp; stamped image; baptism” only
  • Middle Armenian: կնունք (knunkʻ), կնուք (knukʻ)
    • Armenian: կնունք (knunkʻ), կնուք (knukʻ)
  • → Armenian: կնիք (knikʻ)
• → Proto-Slavic: *kъňiga (possibly) (see there for further descendants)

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Sumerian

Noun

𒁾 • (dub)

1. tablet

Noun

𒁾 • (kišib)

1. cylinder seal, sealed tablet
   • Enki and the world order: t.1.1.3, line 72:

     kišib-ĝal_2< an ki-bi-da-me-en

     I am the seal-keeper of heaven and earth.

Descendants

• (see there for further descendants)

References

• ePSD
• ePSD