targumannum
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Akkadian
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r-g-m |
2 terms |
Etymology
[edit]Unknown. It could be either a borrowing from another unattested language or a derivation from the verb 𒅗𒂷𒂷 (ragāmum, “to exclame, shout to”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /tar.ɡuˈman.num/
Noun
[edit]targumannum m (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms
[edit]- targumannu (non-mimated)
- turgumannum, targamannum
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Descendants
[edit]- → Classical Syriac: ܬܰܪܓܡܳܢܳܐ (targmānā)
- → Arabic: تَرْجُمَان (tarjumān)
- → Biblical Hebrew: תֻּרְגְּמָן (turgəmɔ́n)
References
[edit]- “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