targumannum
Akkadian
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r-g-m |
Etymology
Unknown. It could be either a borrowing from another unattested language or a derivation from the verb 𒅗𒂷𒂷 (ragāmum, “to exclame, shout to”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tar.ɡuˈman.num/
Noun
targumannum m (from Old Akkadian on)
- interpreter, dragoman
Alternative forms
- targumannu (non-mimated)
- turgumannum, targamannum
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Descendants
- → Classical Syriac: ܬܰܪܓܡܳܢܳܐ (targmānā)
- → Arabic: تَرْجُمَان (tarjumān)
- → Biblical Hebrew: תֻּרְגְּמָן (turgəmɔn)
References
- “targumannu”, 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 (1976), “targumannu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag