gardumu
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Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A West Semitic loan, related to Hebrew גַּרְדּוֹם (gardōm, “executioner’s spot, scaffold”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גַּרְדּוּמָא (gardōmā, “stump”), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic גרדום (*gardōm, “court tribunal”), and the axes Hebrew גַּרְזֶן (garzén), Hebrew קַרְדֹּם (qardōm), Eblaite 𒄥𒁺𒈬𒌝 (gur-du-mu-um /gurdumum/), Emar Akkadian 𒄥𒁲𒈬 (gur-di-mu /gurdimu/), Arabic كَرْزَن (karzan, “axe; crown”) against Persian گرزن (garzan, “crown”) and گهزن (gahzan), گزن (gazan, “shoe-knife”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈɡar.du.mu/
Noun
[edit]gardumu m (Old Babylonian)
- (hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- carnifex, executioner
- a kind of cognitor, tribune, criminal judge or prosecutor
Alternative forms
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References
[edit]- “gardumu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 5, G, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956, page 50b
- Cohen, Yoram (2010) “The ‘Second Glosses’ in the Lexical Lists from Emar: West Semitic or Akkadian?”, in Proceedings of the 53e Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale Vol. 1: Language in the Ancient Near East, Part 1 (Babel und Bibel; 4/1), Winnona Lake: Eisenbrauns, →ISBN, page 818 of 813–839
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]gardumu m
- inflection of gardums:
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- Akkadian terms derived from West Semitic languages
- Akkadian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Akkadian lemmas
- Akkadian nouns
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- Old Babylonian
- Akkadian hapax legomena
- Akkadian terms with uncertain meaning
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- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian noun forms