šikarum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šikar- (“alcoholic drink”). Cognate with Arabic سَكَر (sakar) and Biblical Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār).
Pronunctiation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃi.ka.rum/
Noun
šikarum m
- beer (made of grain)
- alcoholic drink, intoxicant liquid
Alternative forms
- šikaru (non-mimated)
- šikrum, šikru (non-mimated)
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References
- “šikaru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992