guḫlum
Akkadian
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈɡuχ.lum/
Noun
guḫlum m (Standard Babylonian)
- kohl, antimony paste (used as eye paint)
Alternative forms
- guḫlu (non-mimated)
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References
- “guḫlu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “guḫlu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag