𒂗
See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"
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Translingual
Glyph origin
![](Images/wiktionary/Cuneiform_sign_EN%252C_for_Lord_or_Master_(evolution).jpg.webp)
Cuneiform sign "EN", for "Lord" or "Master": evolution from the pictograph of a throne circa 3000 BCE, followed by simplification and rotation down to circa 600 BCE.[1]
Cuneiform sign
𒂗 | Sign Number | |
---|---|---|
MZL | 164 | |
Deimel | 99 | |
HZL | 40 |
Derived signs
- 𒀙
- 𒂘
- 𒂙
- 𒂚
- 𒂛
- 𒂜
- 𒂝
- 𒃉
- 𒃊
- 𒃞
- 𒇃
- 𒇙
- 𒈋
References
- “Site officiel du musée du Louvre”, in (please provide the title of the work), (please provide a date or year)
- R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
- A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
- Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)
Akkadian
Sign values
Sign | 𒂗 |
---|---|
Sumerograms | EN |
Phonetic values | en |
Etymology 1
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒂗 (en, “lord”).
Logogram
𒂗 • (EN)
- Sumerogram of bēlum (“lord, owner”)
- Sumerogram of ēnum (“lord”)
Etymology 2
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒂗 (en /enna/, “until”)
Logogram
𒂗 • (EN)
- Sumerogram of adi (“until”)
Sumerian
Conjunction
𒂗 • (en /enna/)
- Alternative spelling of 𒂗𒈾 (en-na /enna/, “until”)
Etymology 2
Emegir | 𒂗 (en) |
---|---|
Emesal | 𒅇𒈬𒌦 (umun) |
Noun
𒂗 • (en)
- lord
Related terms
- 𒀭𒂗𒆠 (den-ki, “Enki”)
- 𒀭𒂗𒆤 (den-lil₂, “Enlil”)
- 𒂗𒉡𒌦 (en-nu-uŋ₃ /ennuŋ/, “guard”)
- 𒊩𒂗 (munus-ensi, “female seer”)
Descendants
- → Akkadian: 𒂗 (ēnum)
See also
- Sumerian terms spelled with 𒂗
References
- “𒂗 (en)” in ePSD2