𐤏𐤁𐤃

Punic

FWOTD – 15 June 2016

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤏𐤁𐤃‎ (ʿbd). A Central Semitic innovation, cognate with Hebrew עֶבֶד‎ (ʿéḇeḏ), Arabic عَبْد‎ (ʕabd), Ugaritic 𐎓𐎁𐎄 (ʿbd), Classical Syriac ܥܒܕܐ‎ (ʿaḇdā), Old South Arabian 𐩲𐩨𐩵‎ (ʿbd).

Pronunciation

(6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /ʕabd/
(2^th BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /ʕabd/
(2^th CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /aʋd/

Noun

𐤏𐤁𐤃 (ʿbd)

slave, servant
- 2^nd Century B.C.E., Cippi of Melqart
  lʾdnn.mlqrt.bʿl.ṣr.ʾš.ndr
  ʿbdk.ʿbdʾsr.wʾ(ḥy).ʾsršmr[?]
  To our master Melqart, Lord of Tyre, dedicated by
  Your slave ʿAbdʾ Osir and his brother ʾOsirshamar.

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