qaqqadum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *qadqad-. Compare Biblical Hebrew קָדְקֹד (qɔḏqóḏ, “the top of the head”) and Ugaritic 𐎖𐎄𐎖𐎄 (qdqd, “the top of the head”).

Pronunciation

Noun

qaqqadum m (plural qaqqadātum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. head
  2. person, self
  3. leading person
  4. upper part, top
  5. (finance) capital, principal (amount)

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒂵𒀝𒂵𒌈 (qa-aq-qa-dum)
  • 𒋡𒀝𒋡𒁺 (qa-aq-qa-du)
  • 𒆕𒋡𒁺 (qaq-qa-du)
  • 𒋡𒋡𒁺 (qa-qa-du)
  • 𒆕𒋡𒀜 (qaq-qa-ad) (construct state)
  • 𒆕𒋗 (qaq-qad) (construct state)
  • ṣalmāt qaqqadim

Descendants
  • → Old Armenian: գագաթն (gagatʻn)

References
  • Muss-Arnolt, William (1905) A Concise Dictionary of the Assyrian Language, volume II, Berlin: Reuther & Reichard, pages 923–924
  • “qaqqadu”, 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) “qaqqadu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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