ḫamšat

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *ḫamš- (“five”). Cognate with Arabic خَمْسَة (ḵamsa) and Biblical Hebrew חֲמִשָּׁה (ḥămiššɔ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈχam.ʃat/ === Numeral === ḫamšat m (feminine absolute ḫamiš, masculine free form ḫamištum, feminine free form ḫamšum) five, 5 𒄿𒈾 𒈨𒌈 𒐊 [ina mêtum ḫamšat] ― i-na me-tum IA₂ ― five per cent (literally, “five in a hundred”) ==== Alternative forms ==== ḫaššat (Old Assyrian) ḫamšet (Old Babylonian) ḫanšat, ḫamišti (Standard Babylonian) ḫamilti, ḫamultu (Neo-Babylonian) === References === “ḫamiš”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011