Meluḫḫa
Akkadian
Etymology
Unknown; might be a borrowing from Proto-Dravidian *mel-Vkku.
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /meˈluχ.χa/
Proper noun
Meluḫḫa ?
- Meluhha
Alternative forms
- Melaḫḫa
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Derived terms
- Meluḫḫû (“from Meluhha”)
References
- “meluḫḫû”, 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), “meluḫḫû”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Miller, Douglas B.; Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 124
Further reading
Meluhha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia