targumannum

Akkadian

Root
r-g-m
2 terms

Etymology

Unknown. It could be either a borrowing from another unattested language or a derivation from the verb 𒅗𒂷𒂷 (ragāmum, “to exclame, shout to”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /tar.ɡuˈman.num/

Noun

targumannum m (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  interpreter, dragoman

Alternative forms

• targumannu (non-mimated)
• turgumannum, targamannum

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅴𒁄 (EME.BAL) (Old Akkadian, Ur III)	𒋫𒅈𒆪𒈠𒉡𒌝 (ta-ar-gu₅-ma-nu-um) 𒌅𒌨𒄖𒈠𒀭𒉏 (tu-ur-gu-ma-an-num) 𒋻𒄖𒈠𒀭𒉡 (tar-gu-ma-an-nu) 𒋻𒄖𒈠𒉡 (tar-gu-ma-nu) 𒌉𒄖𒈠𒉡 (tur-gu-ma-nu)

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܬܰܪܓܡܳܢܳܐ (targmānā)
  • → Arabic: تَرْجُمَان (tarjumān)
  • → Biblical Hebrew: תֻּרְגְּמָן (turgəmɔ́n)

References

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