idīnum

idīnum

Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

idīnum m (Old Assyrian)

1. (Standard Babylonian) desert, steppe, plain
2. (Old Assyrian) meaning unclear

Alternative forms

• idīnu (non-mimated)
• edinu, edinnu (Standard Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒂊𒁲𒉡 (e-di-nu)

References

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