šaprum

Akkadian
Root
š-p-r
3 terms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Nominalised participle of 𒊭𒉺𒀸 (šapārum, “to send”).

Noun

šaprum m (plural šaprūtum m or šaprātum f) (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. messenger, envoy
  2. (Neo-Assyrian) variation of 𒊭𒁀𒅈𒌈 (šapartum, “pledge”)
Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒊭𒀊𒀸 (ša-ap-rum)

References
  • “šapru B”, 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) “šapru(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ṯapr- (“vulva”). Cognate with Arabic ثَفْر (ṯafr).

Noun

šaprum m (construct state šapar, plural šaprū) (Babylonian, Elam, Boghazkeui)

  1.  thigh (contextually often applied to female genitals)
Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒉺𒅁𒀸 (šap-rum)
  • 𒊭𒀊𒊒 (ša-ap-ru)
  • 𒃻𒀊𒊒 (ša₂-ap-ru)
  • 𒉺𒅁𒊒 (šap-ru)

References
  • “šapru 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) “šapru(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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