ibrum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From abārum (“to embrace”). Cognate with Arabic خَبِير (ḵabīr, “expert, someone who's well acquaninted with something”) and Biblical Hebrew חָבֵר (ḥɔḇér, “fellow, associate, companion”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈib.rum/ === Noun === ibrum m (construct state ibir, plural ibrū) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on) comrade, fellow, friend, colleague, peer, equal (a person of the same status or profession) ==== Alternative forms ==== ibru (non-mimated) ebrum, ebru (Assyrian) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “ibru”, 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), “ibru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library