ziqqurratum

Akkadian

Root
z-q-r
1 term

Etymology

From the verb zaqārum (“to build high”). Calque of Sumerian 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (u₆-nir /⁠unir⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ziqˈqur.ra.tum/

Noun

ziqqurratum f (plural ziqqurrētum)

1. temple tower, ziggurat
2. (jB, transferred) peak (of a mountain)
3. (Middle Assyrian) a cake in the shape of a ziggurat

Alternative forms

• ziqqurratu (non-mimated)
• ziqratu (jB, NB)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅆𒂍𒉪 (U₆.NIR) 𒂍𒅆𒂍𒉪 (e₂U₆.NIR)	𒍣𒆪𒊏𒌈 (zi-qu₂-ra-tum) 𒍨𒄥𒊏𒌈 (ziq-qur-ra-tum)

Descendants

• → Arabic: زِقُّورَة (ziqqūra)
  • Hijazi Arabic: زِقُّورة (ziggūra)
• → Assamese: জিগুৰাত (zigurat)
• → Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 金字形神塔
• → Dutch: ziggoerat
• → English: ziggurat
• → Finnish: zikkurat
• → French: ziggourat, ziggurat
• → German: Zikkurat
• → Hebrew: זיקורת (zikurat)
• → Japanese: ジッグラト
• → Korean: 지구라트 (jigurateu)
• → Macedonian: зигура́т (zigurát)
• → Persian: زیگورات, ذیققورات (ziqqurat)
• → Polish: ziggurat
• → Russian: зиккура́т (zikkurát)
• → Spanish: zigurat
• → Turkish: ziggurat

References

• “ziqqurratu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011