argamannu
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒈠𒉡 (argamannu).
=== Noun ===
argamannu (uncountable)
A red-purple dye.
A cloth of this color, often woolen.
==== Synonyms ====
argaman
== Akkadian ==
=== Etymology ===
Unknown.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ar.ɡaˈman.nu/
=== Noun ===
argamannu m (Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Boghazkeui)
red purple
8th century BCE, Tiglath-Pileser III, Royal inscription 35
(later) red purple wool
(Boghazkeui) tribute
==== Alternative forms ====
argawannu
==== Descendants ====
Neo-Babylonian: Neo-Assyrian: 𒋠𒍝𒆳𒋛𒀀 (argawannu)
→ Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܐܪܓܘܢܐ (ʾargəwānā, “purple”)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַרְגְּוָונָא (“purple”)
→ Hebrew: אַרְגְּוָן (ʾargǝwɔn, “purple”)
→ Arabic: أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān, “purple”)Andalusian Arabic: أرجوان→ Spanish: arjorán (“Judas tree”)→ Middle Armenian: արճուան (arčuan)→ Persian: ارجوان (orjovân)→ Ottoman Turkish: ارجوان (ercüvân)→ Serbo-Croatian: adžùvān / аџу̀ва̄н (“young man, lover”)
→ Proto-Iranian:
Middle Persian: ʾlgwkʾn' (argawān, “purple”)
Persian: ارغوان (arġavân, arġovân, “purple; Judas tree”)
→ Georgian: არღავანი (arɣavani)
→ Gujarati: અરગવાની (aragvānī)
→ Urdu: ارغوان (arğawān, “red-purple; a plant”)
Kurdish:
→ Northern Kurdish: erxewan (“purple; Judas tree”)
→ Central Kurdish: ئەرخەوان (erxewan, “purple; Judas tree”)
→ Middle Armenian: եղրեւանի (eġrewani, “lilac”)
Armenian: եղրեւանի (eġrewani)
→ Ottoman Turkish: ارغوان (ergavân, erguvân)
Turkish: erguvan
→ Albanian: jargavan
→ Romanian: iergovan, iorgovan
→ Serbo-Croatian: jȍrgovān / јо̏ргова̄н (“lilac”)
→ Hungarian: orgovány
→ Slovak: orgován (“lilac”)
Pashto: ارغوان (arğawān, “red-purple; a plant”)
Sogdian: 𐼰𐽀𐼲𐼴𐼰𐼻 (ʾrɣwʾn /arγawān/, “purple”)
→ Hebrew: אַרְגָּמָן (ʾargɔmɔn, “purple, red-purple [of garment]”)
→ English: argaman
→ Hittite: 𒅈𒄰𒈠𒀸 (arkammas, “tribute”) (probably)
→ Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎂𐎎𐎐 (ảrgmn, “purple”)
=== References ===
“argamannu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968