ayyalum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔayyal- (“stag, hart”). Cognate with Arabic أَيَّل (ʔayyal) and Biblical Hebrew אַיִל (ʔáyil).

Pronunciation

Noun

ayyalum m (plural ayyalū) (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. stag, deer

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁰𒈦 (DARA₃.MAŠ)
  • 𒀀𒅀𒈝 (a-ia-lum)
  • 𒀀𒀀𒈝 (a-a-lum)
  • 𒀀𒀀𒇻 (a-a-lu)
  • 𒀀𒅀𒇻 (a-ia-lu)
  • 𒀀𒀀𒅆 (a-a-lim) (genitive)
  • 𒀀𒀀𒇷 (a-a-li) (genitive)

Derived terms
  • ayyalatum (“hind”)

Descendants
  • → Sumerian: 𒀀𒀀𒈝 (a-a-lum, aya-lum /⁠ayalum⁠/)

References
  • “ajalu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ayyalu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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