Bābilim
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Akkadian
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Etymology
[edit]The ancient interpretation by Akkadian speakers of the city name as bāb (“gate”) + ilim (“of god”) is likely a folk etymology, later translated into Sumerian and written 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (ka₂ dig̃ir-raki /kan dig̃irak/, literally “gate of god”). More at Babylon.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈbaː.bi.lim/
Proper noun
[edit]Bābilim m
Alternative forms
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Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Βαβυλών (Babulṓn)
- → Aramaic:
- → Egyptian: bbr
- → Biblical Hebrew: בָּבֶל (bɔḇɛ́l)
- → Israeli Hebrew: בָּבֶל (bavél)
- →? Old Armenian: բաւիղ (bawił, “labyrinth”), բաւիլ (bawil), բաւեղ (baweł)
- → Old Persian: 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐏁 (bābiruš)
- → Sumerian: 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (ka₂ dig̃ir-raki /kan dig̃irak/, literally “gate of god”) (calque)
References
[edit]- 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