ziqqurratum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From the verb zaqārum (“to build high”). Calque of Sumerian 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (u₆-nir /unir/).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ziqˈqur.ra.tum/
Noun
ziqqurratum f (plural ziqqurrētum)
- temple tower, ziggurat
- (jB, transferred) peak (of a mountain)
- (MA) a cake in the shape of a ziggurat
Alternative forms
- ziqqurratu (non-mimated)
- ziqratu (jB, NB)
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Descendants
- → Arabic: زِقُّورَة (ziqqūra)
- Hijazi Arabic: زِقُّورة (ziggūra)
- → Assamese: জিগুৰাত (zigurat)
- → Chinese:
- Mandarin: 金字形神塔
- → Dutch: ziggoerat
- → English: ziggurat
- → Finnish: zikkurat
- → French: ziggourat, ziggurat
- → German: Zikkurat
- → Hebrew: זיגוראט (zigurát), זיגוראת (zígurat)
- → Japanese: ジッグラト
- → Korean: 지구라트 (jigurateu)
- → Macedonian: зигура́т (zigurát)
- → Persian: زیگورات, ذیققورات (ziqqurat)
- → Polish: ziggurat
- → Russian: зиккура́т (zikkurát)
- → Spanish: zigurat
- → Turkish: ziggurat
References
- “ziqqurratu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011