šaprum

== Akkadian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃap.rum/ === Etymology 1 === Nominalised participle of 𒊭𒉺𒀸 (šapārum, “to send”). Compare Arabic سَفِير (safīr, “envoy, ambassador”). ==== Noun ==== šaprum m (plural šaprūtum m or šaprātum f) (from Old Babylonian on) messenger, envoy (Neo-Assyrian) variation of 𒊭𒁀𒅈𒌈 (šapartum, “pledge”) ===== Alternative forms ===== šapru (non-mimated) ==== References ==== “šapru B”, 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), “šapru”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Semitic *ṯapr- (“vulva”). Cognate with Arabic ثَفْر (ṯafr). ==== Noun ==== šaprum m (construct state šapar, plural šaprū) (Babylonian, Elam, Boghazkeui) thigh (contextually often applied to female genitals) ===== Alternative forms ===== šapru (non-mimated) ==== References ==== “šapru A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011 Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “šapru”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library