𒊭𒄠𒁀𒇷𒅋𒌈

𒊭𒄠𒁀𒇷𒅋𒌈

Akkadian

Etymology

Literally meaning "mixture grass", from 𒊭𒄠𒈬 (šammu, “plant(s); grass, herb”) + 𒁀𒅋𒌈 (balītu, “waste land; rubbish tip”) (< /baliltu/).

Noun

𒊭𒄠𒁀𒇷𒅋𒌈 (ša-am-ba-li-il-tum, /šambaliltu/)

1. fenugreek

Descendants

• → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שִׁבְּלִילְתָא‎ (šibbəlīləṯā)
• → Classical Syriac: ܫܒܠܝܠܬܐ‎ (šebbəlīltā), ܦܠܝܠܬܐ‎ (pəlīltā)
• → Unknown Semitic
  • → Middle Persian: šmblyt (šamblīt, šamblīd), šmblytk' (šambalīdag, “fenugreek”)
    • Persian: شنبلیله‎ (šambalile)
      • → Georgian: შამბალილა (šambalila)
      • → Hindustani:

        Urdu: شنبلید‎ (šambalīd)

      • → Old Armenian: շաբալութ (šabalutʿ)
      • → Russian: шамбала́ (šambalá)
      • → Svan: შა̈მბლიკა̈ჲ (šämbliḳäy)
    • → Old Armenian: շամղիտակ (šamłitak)
    • → Arabic: شِمْلِيدِج‎ (šimlīdij)