ziqqurratum

Akkadian

Root
z-q-r
1 term

Etymology

From the verb zaqārum (“to build high”). Calque of Sumerian 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (u₆-nir /⁠unir⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ziqˈqur.ra.tum/

Noun

ziqqurratum f (plural ziqqurrētum)

temple tower, ziggurat
(jB, transferred) peak (of a mountain)
(Middle Assyrian) a cake in the shape of a ziggurat

Alternative forms

ziqqurratu (non-mimated)
ziqratu (jB, NB)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒅆𒂍𒉪 (U₆.NIR) 𒂍𒅆𒂍𒉪 (^e₂U₆.NIR)	𒍣𒆪𒊏𒌈 (zi-qu₂-ra-tum) 𒍨𒄥𒊏𒌈 (ziq-qur-ra-tum)

Descendants

→ Arabic: زِقُّورَة (ziqqūra)
- Hijazi Arabic: زِقُّورة (ziggūra)
→ Assamese: জিগুৰাত (zigurat)
→ Chinese:
- Mandarin: 金字形神塔
→ Dutch: ziggoerat
→ English: ziggurat
→ Finnish: zikkurat
→ French: ziggourat, ziggurat
→ German: Zikkurat
→ Hebrew: זיקורת (zikurat)
→ Japanese: ジッグラト
→ Korean: 지구라트 (jigurateu)
→ Macedonian: зигура́т (zigurát)
→ Persian: زیگورات, ذیققورات (ziqqurat)
→ Polish: ziggurat
→ Russian: зиккура́т (zikkurát)
→ Spanish: zigurat
→ Turkish: ziggurat

References

“ziqqurratu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

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