𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡

Akkadian

FWOTD – 18 July 2014

Alternative forms

𒋠𒍝𒆳𒋛𒀀 (argamannu [SÍG.ZA.GÌN.SA₅])

Noun

𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu)

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
tribute

Descendants

Neo-Babylonian: Neo-Assyrian: 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argawannu)
- → Aramaic:
  - Classical Syriac: ܐܪܓܘܢܐ‎ (ʾargəwānā, “purple”)
  - Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַרְגְּוָונָא‎ (“purple”)
  - → Hebrew: אַרְגְּוָן‎ (ʾargewān, “purple”)
  - → Arabic: أرجوان‎ (ʾarjuwān, ʾurjuwān, “purple”)
    - Andalusian Arabic: أرجوان‎
      - → Spanish: arjorán (“Judas tree”)
    - → Persian: ارجوان‎ (orjovân)
      - → Ottoman Turkish: ارجوان‎ (ercüvân)
        → Serbo-Croatian: adžùvān / аџу̀ва̄н (“young man, lovar”)
  - → Iranian:
    - Middle Persian: ʾlgwkʾn' (argawān, “purple”)
      - Persian: ارغوان‎ (arğavân, arğovân, “purple; Judas tree”)
        → Georgian: არღავანი (arɣavani)
        
        → Gujarati: અરગવાની (argavānī)
        
        → 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: [script needed] (ʾrγwʾn /arγawān/, “purple”)
→ Hebrew: אַרְגָּמָן‎ (ʾargāmān, “purple, red-purple [of garment]”)
- → English: argaman
→ Hittite: 𒅈𒄰𒈠𒀸 (arkammas, “tribute”) (probably)
→ Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎗𐎂𐎎𐎐 (ʾargmn, “purple”)

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