Akkadian

Noun

𒄠𒋛 ‎(pīru) [AM.SI]

1. elephant
   • c. 2nd millenium BCE, Proverbs, Collection 5, Segment A, Proverb 5.1:

     am-si /ni₂-te\-a-ni /maš₂\-[anše ^dšakkan₂-ka]

     niĝ₂ ĝe₂₆-gin₇-nam nu-ĝal₂ na-[ab-be₂-a]

     an-ti-ri₂-gu₇^mušen-e mu-/na\-[ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄]

     u₃ ĝe₂₆-e igi-te-en-ĝu₁₀-še₃

     za-a-gin₇-nam al-dim₂-me-en-/e-še\

     The elephant spoke to himself: "Among all the creatures of Šakkan, the one that can defecate like me has yet to be created!" The wren answered him: "But I, in my own small way, can defecate just as much as you!"

Descendants

• Old Persian: pīruš "ivory"
• Elamite pi-ri-um-na "from ivory"
• → Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭩𐭫 ‎(pīl)
  • Persian: پیل ‎(pīl)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: پیل ‎(pil)
    • → Ossetian: пыл ‎(pyl), пил ‎(pil)
  • → Arabic: فيل ‎(fīl)
    • → Azeri: fil
    • → Bashkir: фил ‎(fil)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: فیل ‎(fil)
      • Turkish: fil
      • → Serbo-Croatian: fȉl / фи̏л
    • → Persian: فیل ‎(fīl)
      • → Urdu: فیل ‎(fīl)
    • → Spanish: alfil
    • → Old Norse: fíll
      • Faroese: fílur
      • Icelandic: fíll
  • → Georgian: სპილო ‎(sṗilo), პილო ‎(ṗilo)
  • → Old Armenian: փիղ ‎(pʿił)
    • Armenian: փիղ ‎(pʿił)

References

• Václav Blažek Two Greek words of a foreign origin : I. ἐλέφᾱς, II. φοῖνιξ, Sborník prací Filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity. N, Řada klasická = Graeco-Latina Brunensia. 1998-1999, vol. 47-48, iss. N3-4