burāšum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === Related to Aramaic בְּרָתָא (bərāṯā) and Biblical Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bəroš). Suggested to be an old borrowing from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buˈraː.ʃum/ === Noun === burāšum m (from Old Akkadian on) a tree of the cypress family, most likely a juniper ==== Alternative forms ==== burāšu (non-mimated) ==== Descendants ==== >? Ancient Greek: βράθυ (bráthu, “savin”) (see there for further descendants) === References === “burāšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011