nāgirum

Akkadian

Root
n-g-r
1 term

𒂆 𒄿𒈾 𒊒𒆪𒌒 𒀲𒆳𒊏 (nāgirum ina rukūb sīsêm)

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒂆/𒂇 (nimgir, nig̃ir /⁠nig̃ir⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.ɡi.rum/

Noun

nāgirum m (plural nāgirū) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. town crier, herald
2. (Assyria, Elam) a high official

Alternative forms

• nāgiru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒂆 (NIMGIR) 𒂇 (NIMGIR) 𒇽𒂆 (lu₂NIMGIR) 𒇽𒂇 (lu₂NIMGIR) 𒂈 (NIMGIR₂)	𒈾𒄀𒊒𒌝 (na-gi-ru-um) 𒈾𒄀𒀸 (na-gi-rum) 𒈾𒄀𒊒 (na-gi-ru) 𒈾𒆠𒊑𒅎 (na-gi₅-ri-im) (genitive) 𒈾𒄀𒊑𒅎 (na-gi-ri-im) (genitive) 𒈾𒄀𒊑 (na-gi-ri) (genitive) 𒈾𒄀𒅕 (na-gi-ir) (construct state)

References

• “nāgiru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “nāgiru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag