𒌋𒀜

Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”).

Noun

𒌋𒀜 (kīru)

[GIR4]
  1. kiln
  2. oven

Descendants
  • → Arabic: جير‎ (jīr)
  • → Aramaic:
    Hebrew: גיר‎ (gīr),
    Syriac: ܓܝܪ‎ (gir)
  • → Hebrew: גיר‎ (gír)
  • → Old Armenian: կիր (kir) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Persian: کرس‎ (kirs) (see there for further descendants)

References

Sumerian

Noun

𒌋𒀜 (gir)

[GIR4]
  1. kiln (for lime or bitumen)

Descendants
  • → Akkadian: 𒌋𒀜 (kīru) (see there for further descendants)

References
  • ePSD
  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 652
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 594a
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