ibrum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From abārum (“to embrace”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈib.rum/
Noun
ibrum m (construct state ibir, plural ibrū) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- comrade, fellow, friend, colleague, peer, equal(a person of the same status or profession)
- 𒅁𒊒 𒌑𒍣𒊏 𒄣𒊏𒁺 𒅆𒈨𒀀
- ib-ru u₂-ṣi₂-ra qu-ra-du ši-me-a
- /ibrū uṣṣirā qurādū šimeā/
- Attention, comrade! Warriors, listen!
Alternative forms
- ibru (non-mimated)
- ebrum, ebru (Assyrian)
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Derived terms
- ibrūtu (relationship between peers, alliance)
References
- “ibru”, 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), “ibru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag