𒌋𒀜

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

Components
𒌋𒀜	Sign Number
MZL	683
Deimel	430
HZL	266
𒌋, 𒀜

References

R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign	𒌋𒀜
Sumerograms	GIR₄
Phonetic values	—

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir₄ /⁠gir⁠/, “oven”).

Logogram

𒌋𒀜 • (GIR₄)

Sumerogram of kīrum (“oven”)

Sumerian

Noun

𒌋𒀜 • (gir₄ /gir/)

oven, kiln (for lime or bitumen)

Descendants

→ Akkadian: 𒌋𒀜 (kīrum)
- → Aramaic:
  Hebrew script: גִּירָא (gīrā),
  
  Syriac script: ܓܝܪܐ (gīrā)
  - → Arabic: جير (jīr)
    - → Maltese: ġir
  - → Persian: گرچ (gerač)
    - → Ottoman Turkish: كیرچ (kireç), كیرج (kirec), كرچ (kireç), كرج (kirec)
      - Turkish: kireç
      - → Bulgarian: кире́ч (kiréč)
      - → Laz: ქერეჭი (kereç̌i)
      - → Macedonian: креч (kreč)
      - → Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: кре̏ч
        Latin script: krȅč
- → Hebrew: גִּיר (gīr)
- → Old Armenian: կիր (kir) (see there for further descendants)
- → Persian: کرس (kers)

References

“𒌋𒀜 (gir)” in ePSD2
Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 652
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 594a

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