Akkadian

Alternative forms

• 𒁷𒌁𒆠 ‎(bābili [TIN.TIR^KI])

Proper noun

𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 ‎(bābili [KA₂.DINGIR.RA^KI]) ‎(indeclinable)

1. Babylon

Related terms

• 𒆍 ‎(bābu)
• 𒀭 ‎(ilu)

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Βαβυλών ‎(Babulṓn)
  • → Latin: Babylōn
    • → English: Babylon
• → Aramaic: בָבֶל / ܒܒܠ ‎(bāḇel)
  • → Arabic: بَابِل ‎(bābil)
• → Hebrew: בָּבֶל ‎(bavél, bāḇel)
• → (perhaps) Old Armenian: բաւեղ ‎(baweł), բաւիղ ‎(bawił, “labyrinth”)
• → Old Persian: 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐏁 ‎(bābiruš)

References

• Lieu, Samuel N. C. (2012), “Babylon”, in Places and peoples in Central Asia and in the Graeco-Roman Near East: A multilingual gazetteer compiled for the Serica Project from select Pre-Islamic sources, page 7a
• Muss-Arnolt, William (1905), “Bābilu”, in A Concise Dictionary of the Assyrian Language, volume I, Berlin: Reuther & Reichard, pages 144–145