Akkadian

Alternative forms

• 𒋠𒍝𒆳𒋛𒀀 ‎(argamannu [SÍG.ZA.GÌN.SA₅])

Noun

𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 ‎(argamannu)

1. red purple
   • 8th century BCE, Tiglath-Pileser III, Royal inscription 35

     biltu maddattu kaspu hurāṣu annaku parzillu mašku pīru šinnu pīru takiltu argamannu lubuštu birmu kitû ibilu nāqāte eli kânu

     I imposed upon them tribute (and) payment of silver, gold, tin, iron, elephant hide(s), ivory, blue-purple (and) red-purple garments, multi-colored linen garments, camels, (and) she-camels.

   1. (later) red purple wool
2. tribute

Descendants

• Neo-Babylonian/Assyrian: 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 ‎(argawannu)
  • → Aramaic:
    • Classical Syriac: ܐܪܓܘܢܐ ‎(ʾargəwānā, “purple”)
    • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַרְגְּוָונָא ‎(“purple”)
    • → Classical Hebrew: אַרְגְּוָן ‎(ʾargewān, “purple”)
    • → Classical Arabic: أرجوان ‎(ʾarjuwān, ʾurjuwān, “purple”)
      • Andalusian Arabic: أرجوان
        • → Spanish: arjorán ‎(“Judas tree”)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: ارجوان ‎(ercüvân)
        • → Serbo-Croatian: adžùvān / аџу̀ва̄н ‎(“young man, lovar”)
  • → Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: ʾlgwkʾn' ‎(argawān, “purple”)
      • Persian: ارغوان ‎(arğawān, arğuwān, “purple; Judas tree”)
        • → Georgian: არღავანი ‎(arɣavani)
        • → Gujarati: અરગવાની ‎(argavānī)
        • → Hindustani:
          • Urdu: ارغوان ‎(arğawān, “red-purple; a plant”)
        • → Kurdish:
          • Northern Kurdish: erxewan ‎(“purple; Judas tree”)
          • Central Kurdish: ئەرخەوان ‎(erxewan, “purple; Judas tree”)
        • → Middle Armenian: եղրեւանի ‎(ełrewani, “lilac”)
          • Armenian: եղրեւանի ‎(ełrewani)
        • → Ottoman Turkish: ارغوان ‎(ergavân, erguvân)
          • Turkish: erguvan
          • → Albanian: jargavan
          • → Romanian: iergovan, iorgovan
          • → Serbo-Croatian: jȍrgovān / јо̏ргова̄н ‎(“lilac”)
            • → Hungarian: orgovány
            • → Slovak: orgován ‎(“lilac”)
    • Pashto: ارغوان ‎(arğawān, “red-purple; a plant”)
    • Sogdian: ʾrγwʾn ‎(arγawān, “purple”)
• → Classical Hebrew: אַרְגָּמָן ‎(ʾargāmān, “purple, red-purple [of garment]”)
  • → English: argaman
• → Hittite: 𒅈𒄰𒈠𒀸 ‎(arkammas, “tribute”) (probably)
• → Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎂𐎎𐎐 ‎(ʾargmn, “purple”)