šārum

See also: Sarum

Akkadian
𒅎 (šārum)
𒅎𒎌 (šārū)

Etymology

Maybe related to Biblical Hebrew סַ֫עַר (sáʿar, “tempest”) and סְעָרָה (səʿɔrɔ́, “storm-wind”).

Pronunciation

Noun

šārum m (plural šārū or šārātum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. wind
  2. cardinal point, direction
  3. breath
  4. air, flatus, flatulence
  5. (figurative) emptiness, nothingness, lies, vanity, falsehood

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒊭𒊒𒌝
  • 𒊭𒀸 (ša-rum)
  • 𒊭𒀀𒀸 (ša-a-rum)
  • 𒃻𒀀𒀸 (ša₂-a-rum)
  • 𒊭𒀀𒊒 (ša-a-ru)
  • 𒃻𒀀𒊒 (ša₂-a-ru)
  • 𒊭𒊒 (ša-ru)
  • 𒊭𒊑𒅎 (ša-ri-im) (genitive)
  • 𒊭𒀀𒊑 (ša-a-ri) (genitive)
  • 𒃻𒀀𒊑 (ša₂-a-ri) (genitive)
  • 𒊭𒀀𒅈 (ša-a-ar) (construct state)
  • 𒊭𒅈 (ša-ar) (construct state)
  • 𒃻𒅈 (ša₂-ar) (construct state)

See also
𒅎𒋛𒁲 (ištānum)
𒅎𒈥𒌅 (amurrum) 𒅎𒆳𒊏 (šadûm)
𒅎𒍇𒇻 (šūtum)

References
  • 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) A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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