talmīdum

Akkadian

Root
l-m-d
1 term

Etymology

From 𒍪 (lamādum, “to learn”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /talˈmiː.dum/

Noun

talmīdum m (plural talmīdū or talmīdānu, feminine talmīttu) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian, Mari)

1. apprentice, student
2. (lexical) a type of plow

Alternative forms

• talmīdu (non-mimated)
• talmēdum, talmēdu

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒋫𒀠𒈪𒁺 (ta-al-mi-du) 𒊑𒈪𒁺 (tal-mi-du) 𒊑𒈨𒁺 (tal-me-du)

Descendants

• → Biblical Hebrew: תַּלְמִיד (talmíḏ)
  • → Aramaic: תַּלְמִידָא (talmīḏā)
  • → Arabic: تِلْمِيذ (tilmīḏ)

References

• “talmīdu”, 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) “talmīdu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag