qaštum
Akkadian
Etymology
Cognate with Arabic قَوْس (qaws, “bow”) and Biblical Hebrew קֶשֶׁת (qɛ́šɛṯ, “bow”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈqaʃ.tum/
Noun
qaštum f (construct state qašat, plural qašātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- (weaponry) bow
- (design, mathematics) bow (geometrical figure)
Alternative forms
- qaštu (non-mimated)
- qaltu
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References
- “qaštu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011