qaštum
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Akkadian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Arabic قَوْس (qaws, “bow”) and Biblical Hebrew קֶשֶׁת (qɛ́šɛṯ, “bow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈqaʃ.tum/
Noun[edit]
qaštum f (construct state qašat, plural qašātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- (weaponry) bow
- (design, mathematics) bow (geometrical figure)
Alternative forms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “qaštu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011