Saturday, October 16, 2021

Akkadian-sarsaru-cricket-Turkish-circir-cricket

Akkadian word of the day

şarşaru: cricket Assyr. zirzirru: a tiny insect * Now look at Old Turkish word cırcır (böceği): cricket • This kind of onomatopoeic reduplication (same syllable 2x) is very typical for Turkish> dırdır, fırfır, zırzır, çırçır… * Look at other #akkadian redups pic2

A concise dictionary of Akkadian 



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