𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠

Akkadian

FWOTD – 1 June 2016

Logogram

𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 • (KA₂.DINGIR.RA^ki)

1. Sumerogram of Bābilim (“Babylon”): Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)

Sumerian

Signs in this term

𒆍

𒀭

𒊏

𒆠

Etymology

From 𒆍 (ka₂, kan₄ /⁠kan⁠/, “gate”) +‎ 𒀭𒊏 (dig̃ir-ra /⁠dig̃irak⁠/, “of god”) +‎ 𒆠 (^ki, determinative), literally “Gate of God”, Neo-Sumerian loan translation of the name of the city, interpreted by Akkadian speakers in what is likely a folk etymology as bāb (“gate”) +‎ ilim (“of god”).

Proper noun

𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 • (babilim₂^ki /babilim/)

1. Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)

References

• “𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Babilim)” in ePSD2