šallūrum
Akkadian
Etymology
Possibly from Hurrian 𒄑𒄒 (GIŠ.KIB /*s̄all-orə/), whence also Middle Armenian սալոր (salor, “plum”). Probably related to Sumerian 𒄒 (šennur, “plum”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ʃalˈluː.rum/
Noun
šallūrum m (plural šallūrū) (from Old Babylonian on)
- a fruit tree and its fruit, probably a plum
Alternative forms
- šallūru (non-mimated)
- šannūru (Nuzi)
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References
- “šallūru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
- Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985), “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 105, issue 4, pages 597–603