šārum

šārum

Akkadian

𒅎 (šārum)

𒅎𒎌 (šārū)

Etymology

Maybe related to Biblical Hebrew סַ֫עַר‎ (sáʿar, “tempest”) and סְעָרָה‎ (səʿɔrɔ, “storm-wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaː.rum/

Noun

šārum m (plural šārū or šārātum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. wind
2. cardinal point, direction
3. breath
4. air, flatus, flatulence
5. (figuratively) emptiness, nothingness, lies, vanity, falsehood

Alternative forms

• šāru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅎 (IM)	𒊭𒊒𒌝 𒊭𒀸 (ša-rum) 𒊭𒀀𒀸 (ša-a-rum) 𒃻𒀀𒀸 (ša₂-a-rum) 𒊭𒀀𒊒 (ša-a-ru) 𒃻𒀀𒊒 (ša₂-a-ru) 𒊭𒊒 (ša-ru) 𒊭𒊑𒅎 (ša-ri-im) (genitive) 𒊭𒀀𒊑 (ša-a-ri) (genitive) 𒃻𒀀𒊑 (ša₂-a-ri) (genitive) 𒊭𒀀𒅈 (ša-a-ar) (construct state) 𒊭𒅈 (ša-ar) (construct state) 𒃻𒅈 (ša₂-ar) (construct state)

See also

• (compass points) 𒅎𒎌 (šārū);

	𒅎𒋛𒁲 (ištānum)
𒅎𒈥𒌅 (amurrum)		𒅎𒆳𒊏 (šadûm)
	𒅎𒍇𒇻 (šūtum)

References

• 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) A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag