𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠

Akkadian

FWOTD – 1 June 2016

Alternative forms

• 𒁷𒌁𒆠 (TIN.TIR^KI /⁠bābili⁠/)

Etymology

𒆍𒀭𒊏 (KA₂.DINGIR.RA /⁠bāb ili⁠/, “gate of god”), formerly assumed to be the original Sumerian name of Babylon, but now more often thought to be a Neo-Sumerian loan translation of the Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.bi.lim/ (stress unknown)
• IPA^(key): /baː.bi.li/ (stress unknown)

Proper noun

𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 • (KA₂.DINGIR.RA^KI /bābili/) (indeclinable)

1. Babylon

Related terms

• 𒆍 (bābu)
• 𒀭 (ilu)

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Βαβυλών (Babulṓn)
  • Greek: Βαβυλών (Vavylón), Βαβυλώνα (Vavylóna)
  • Latin: Babylōn
  • Russian: Вавилон (Vavilon)
• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܒܒܠ (bāḇel)
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בָבֶל (bāḇel)
  • Mandaic: ࡁࡀࡁࡉࡋ (bābīl)
  • → Arabic: بَابِل (bābil)
  • → Middle Persian: bʾbyl
    • Persian: بابل (bâbel)
• → Egyptian: bbr
• → Hebrew: בָּבֶל (bavél, bāḇel)
• (perhaps)
  • → Armenian: բավիղ (baviġ) (learned)
• → Old Persian: 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐏁 (bābiruš)

References

• Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2012) “Babylon”, in Places and peoples in Central Asia and in the Graeco-Roman Near East: A multilingual gazetteer compiled for the Serica Project from select Pre-Islamic sources‎^[1], page 7a
• Muss-Arnolt, William (1905) “Bābilu”, in A Concise Dictionary of the Assyrian Language, volume I, Berlin: Reuther & Reichard, pages 144–145