ḫaṣṣinnum

ḫaṣṣinnum

Akkadian

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /χasˤˈsˤin.num/

Noun

ḫaṣṣinnum m (construct state ḫaṣṣin, plural ḫaṣṣinnū)

1. axe, hoe, digging tool

Alternative forms

• ḫaṣṣinnu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄩𒍣 (ḫa-zi) (Akkadogram) 𒄩𒍣𒅔 (ḫa-zi-in) (Akkadogram) 𒍏𒄩𒍣 (ḫurudḫa-zi) (Akkadogram) 𒍏𒄩𒍣𒅔 (ḫurudḫa-zi-in) (Akkadogram)	𒄩𒊍𒍣𒅔𒉡𒌝 (ḫa-az-zi-in-nu-um) 𒄩𒍣𒉡𒌝 (ḫa-zi-nu-um)

Descendants

• Aramaic:
  • Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: חֲצִינָא‎ (ḥăṣṣīnā)
  • Classical Syriac: ܚܰܨܺܝܢܳܐ‎ (ḥaṣṣīnā)
    • → Old Armenian: կացին (kacʿin)
      • Armenian: կացին (kacʿin)
        • → Cappadocian Greek: κάτζιν (kátzin)
    • → Arabic: خَصِّين‎ (ḵaṣṣīn)
    • → Ge'ez: ኀጺን (ḫäṣin), ሐጺን (ḥäṣin), ኀፂን (ḫäṣ́in)
      • → Tigre: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)
      • → Tigrinya: ሓጺን (ḥaṣin, “iron”)
      • → Amharic: ኀፂን (haṣṣin, “iron”)
      • → Awngi: [script needed] (ač̣in, “iron”)
      • → Xamtanga: [script needed] (ač̣in, “iron”)
• → Ancient Greek: ἀξῑ́νη (axī́nē) (possibly)
• → Soqotri: ḥeṣihin
• → Sumerian: 𒍏𒄩𒍣𒅔 (^ḫurudḫa-zi-in /ḫazin/)

References

• Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 54
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 12