𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠
Akkadian
FWOTD – 1 June 2016
Alternative forms
- 𒁷𒌁𒆠 (TIN.TIRKI /bābili/)
Etymology
Traditionally derived from 𒆍𒀭𒊏 (KA2.DINGIR.RA /bāb ili/, “gate of god”), but this is contested now.
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /baː.bi.lim/ (stress unknown)
- (Late Babylonian) IPA(key): /baː.bi.li/ (stress unknown)
Proper noun
𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (KA2.DINGIR.RAKI /bābili/) (indeclinable)
- Babylon
Related terms
- 𒆍 (bābu)
- 𒀭 (ilu)
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Βαβυλών (Babulṓn)
- Greek: Βαβυλών (Vavylón), Βαβυλώνα (Vavylóna)
- Latin: Babylōn
- Russian: Вавилон (Vavilon)
- → Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac: ܒܒܠ (bāḇel)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בָבֶל (bāḇel)
- Mandaic: ࡁࡀࡁࡉࡋ (bābīl)
- → Arabic: بَابِل (bābil)
- → Middle Persian: bʾbyl
- Persian: بابل (bâbel)
- → Egyptian: bbr
- → Hebrew: בָּבֶל (bavél, bāḇel)
- → Old Armenian: բաւիղ (bawił, “labyrinth”) (perhaps)
- Armenian: բավիղ (bavił)
- → Old Persian: 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐏁 (bābiruš)
References
- Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2012), “Babylon”, in Places and peoples in Central Asia and in the Graeco-Roman Near East: A multilingual gazetteer compiled for the Serica Project from select Pre-Islamic sources, page 7a
- Muss-Arnolt, William (1905), “Bābilu”, in A Concise Dictionary of the Assyrian Language, volume I, Berlin: Reuther & Reichard, pages 144–145