šamšum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *śamš- (“sun”). Cognate with Arabic شَمْس (šams) and Biblical Hebrew שֶׁמֶשׁ (šɛ́mɛš). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃam.ʃum/ === Noun === šamšum m (construct state šamaš, plural šamšānu) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on) sun 𒍢𒄿𒀉 𒀭𒌓𒅆𒅎 [ṣīt šamšim] ― ṣi-i-it dUTU-ši-im ― sunrise, east 𒂊𒊑𒅁 𒀭𒌓𒅎 [ereb šamšim] ― e-re-eb dUTU-im ― sunset, west sunlight day sun disk ==== Alternative forms ==== šamšu (non-mimated) śamśum (Old Akkadian) šanšu, šaššu ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “šamšu”, 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), “šamšu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library