būrum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *bVʕVr- (“bull, calf”). Compare with Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr, “camel”) and Biblical Hebrew בְּעִיר (bəʕír, “cattle, beasts”) and Ugaritic 𐎛𐎁𐎗 (ỉbr, “bull”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuː.rum/ === Noun === būrum m (plural būrū) (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian, Middle Assyrian, Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian) young calf (of either sex) foal, kid (the young of quadrupeds) ==== Alternative forms ==== būru (non-mimated) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “būru A”, 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), “būru”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library