šēdum
Akkadian
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃeː.dum/
Noun
šēdum m (plural šēdū)
- a šēdum protective deity (a male spirit or demon representing the individual's vital force)
- Coordinate terms: (protective god) 𒀭 (ilum), (female counterpart) 𒀭𒆗 (lamassum)
- luck
Alternative forms
- šēdu (non-mimated)
- šīdum, šīdu (non-mimated)
- šeddu (rare)
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Descendants
- → Aramaic:
- Jewish Aramaic: שידא (šēḏā, “demon”)
- Classical Syriac: ܫܐܕܐ (šēḏā, “demon”)
- → Georgian: შეთი (šeti, “mad, insane”)
- → Hebrew: שֵׁד (šēd̠)
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: şêt
- Central Kurdish: شێت (şêt)
- → Lurish:
- Northern Luri: شؽت (šêt, “mad”)
- → Middle Armenian: շեթ (šetʿ), շէթ (šētʿ, “mad, insane”)
- Armenian: շեթ (šetʿ)
- → Persian: شیدا (šeydâ, “mad, insane; enamored”), شیدا (Šeydâ)
- Tajik: шайдо (šaydo), Шайдо (Šaydo)
- → Uzbek: shaydo, Shaydo
- → Azerbaijani: şeyda, Şeyda
- → Baluchi: شیدا (šaydā)
- → Hindustani:
- Urdu: شیدا (šaydā)
- → Kazakh: шайда (şayda)
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: şeyda, şêda
- → Turkish: şeyda, Şeyda
- Tajik: шайдо (šaydo), Шайдо (Šaydo)
References
- “šēdu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011