nisannum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Sumerian 𒉠 (nesag̃). A litteral translation of the cuneiform signs used in Akkadian (𒌚 and 𒁈) would be “month of the sanctuary”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /niˈsan.num/ === Noun === nisannum m (construct state nisan) (Babylonian, Mari, Neo-Assyrian) offering of first produce of the season, offering of first fruits Nisannu (first month of the Babylonian calendar, corresponding to March-April) ==== Alternative forms ==== nisannu (non-mimated) nisānum, nisānu nissanum, nissanu nisangu, nisaggu, nisakku ==== Derived terms ==== nisannûm ==== Descendants ==== → Aramaic: נִיסָן (nīsān)Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān)Turoyo: ܢܝܣܷܢ (nisën)Classical Syriac: ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)→ Arabic: نيسان (naysān)→ Ottoman Turkish: نیسان (nisan)Turkish: nisanNorthern Kurdish: nîsan→ Persian: نَیسان (neysân) → Biblical Hebrew: נִיסָן (nisɔ́n) → Israeli Hebrew: נִיסָן (nisán) === References === “nisannu”, 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), “nisa(n)nu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library Miller, Douglas B.; Shipp, R. Mark (2014), An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns, page 133 The Babylonian Calendar at Elephantine Babylonian and Seleucid Dates