burāšum
Akkadian
Etymology
Related to Aramaic בְּרָתָא (bərāṯā) and Biblical Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bəroš). Suggested to be an old borrowing from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā.
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /buˈraː.ʃum/
Noun
burāšum m (from Old Akkadian on)
- a tree of the cypress family, most likely a juniper
Alternative forms
- burāšu (non-mimated)
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Descendants
- >? Ancient Greek: βράθυ (bráthu, “savin”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- “burāšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011