narkabtum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From rakābum (“to ride”). Cognate with Arabic مَرْكَبَة (markaba, “vehicle, carriage”) and Biblical Hebrew מֶרְכָּבָה (merkɔḇɔ́, “charriot”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /narˈkab.tum/ === Noun === narkabtum f (plural narkabātum) (from Old Akkadian on) chariot (for war, hung, ceremony) (astronomy) Auriga ==== Alternative forms ==== narkabtu (non-mimated) === References === “narkabtu”, 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), “narkabtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library