šaṭārum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === Unknown. The noun is derived from the infinitive of the verb. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃaˈtˤaː.rum/ === Noun === šaṭārum m (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Late Babylonian) copy, exemplar, text, inscription, writing, written document ==== Alternative forms ==== šaṭṭāru (Neo-Assyrian) (plural) šaṭārānu (Neo-Babylonian) ==== Descendants ==== → Aramaic: שְׁטָרָא (šṭārā), ܫܛܪܐ (šṭārā) → Arabic: سَطْر (saṭr) → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܫܛܵܪܵܐ (išṭārā) Mishnaic Hebrew: שְׁטָר (šəṭɔ́r) === Verb === šaṭārum (G, a-u, durative išaṭṭar, perfect ištaṭar, preterite išṭur, imperative šuṭur) (from Old Akkadian on) to write down, inscribe, copy to issue a legal document to list, register, record to assign ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== šaṭāru (non-mimated) ==== Descendants ==== → Classical Syriac: ܣܛܰܪ (sṭar, “to carve, write down”) → Old South Arabian: 𐩪𐩷𐩧 (s¹ṭr, “to write”)→ Arabic: سَطَرَ (saṭara) === References === “šaṭāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011 Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “šaṭāru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library