abullum
Akkadian
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbul.lum/
Noun
abullum f (construct state abul, pronominal state abulla, plural abullātum) (from Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian on)
- entrance gate (of a city, building or building complex)
Alternative forms
- abullu (non-mimated)
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Descendants
- → Aramaic: אַבּוּלָא (ʾabbûlā, “city gate; portico, entryway”)
- → Hebrew: אַבּוּל (abbúl, ʾabbûl, “arcade, gateway”)
References
- “abullu”, 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), “abullu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag