ašāgum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === Unknown. Compare perhaps Arabic شَوْك (šawk, “thorn”), عَوْسَج (ʕawsaj), and Biblical Hebrew שֵׂךְ (śeḵ, “thorn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈʃaː.ɡum/ === Noun === ašāgum m (Babylonian, Boghazkeui) a common spiny plant, perhaps a camelthorn ==== Alternative forms ==== ašāgu (non-mimated) ešēgu (Boghazkeui) === References === “ašāgu”, 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), “ašāgu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library