kandum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === The seemingly very old word could have been borrowed either from West Semitic, i. e. from Aramaic כַּנְדָּא (kandā, “vessel, pot; specifically for wine”), or from Sanskrit कन्दु (kandu, “pot”), which has been connected to Proto-South Dravidian *kiṇṭV- (“pot”). Aramaic כּדּא (kaddā) could have been later assimilated. The other Northwest Semitic languages, as Ugaritic 𐎋𐎄 (kd), Hebrew כַּד (kaḏ), Phoenician 𐤊𐤃 (kd), only have forms without /n/. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkan.dum/ === Noun === kandum m (plural kandānu) (Neo-Babylonian) a kandu jar, a container of earthenware or silver, mainly for wine ==== Alternative forms ==== kandu (non-mimated) ==== Descendants ==== → Aramaic: 𐡊𐡃 / כּדּא (kaddā), כַּנְדָּא (kandā) → Arabic: كَدّ (kadd) → Hebrew: כַּד (kad) → Phoenician: 𐤊𐤃 (kd) Punic: 𐤊𐤃 (kd) → Ancient Greek: κάδος (kádos) (see there for further descendants) → Ancient Greek: κόνδυ (kóndu) →⇒ Middle Persian: 𐫐𐫗𐫅𐫇𐫃 (kndwg), 𐫞𐫗𐫅𐫇𐫃 (qndwg /⁠kandūg⁠/) Persian: کندو (kandu), کندوک (kanduk) → Arabic: كَنْدُوج (kandūj) → Chagatai: [script needed] (kündük) → Kipchak: [script needed] (kendük) → Ossetian: хӕндуг (xændug), хӕндыг (xændyg) → Parthian: 𐫐𐫗𐫅𐫇𐫃 (kndwg), 𐫞𐫗𐫅𐫇𐫃 (qndwg /⁠kandūg⁠/) → Old Armenian: քանդուկ (kʻanduk) → Classical Syriac: ܟܱܢܕܘܩܳܐ (kandūqā) → Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎄 (kd) === References === === Further reading === “kandu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[2], volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971, pages 148–149 Zimmern, Heinrich (1915), Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 33