𒈥𒄩𒅆𒆠
Sumerian
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Akkadian 𒁀𒊏𒄴𒋢 (pa2-ra-aḫ-su /paraḫsum, baraḫsum/, “Marhaši”) and Hurrian 𒁈𒊑 𒅖 𒄭 (par6ri-iš-ḫi /parrišḫu, parrušḫu/, “marcasite”).
Proper noun
𒈥𒄩𒅆𒆠 • (mar-ḫa-šiKI /marḫaši, waraḫše/)
- Marhaši (a historical region near Elam)
Descendants
- → Akkadian: 𒉌𒌓𒈥𒄩𒋗 (NA4mar-ḫa-šu /marḫašu, marḫušu, marḫaṣu/, “a kind of precious stone or gem; marcasite”)
- ⇒ Akkadian: 𒉌𒌓𒍝𒄢𒈥𒄩𒅆𒌅 (NA4.GUGmar-ḫa-ši-tu /marḫašītu/, “glass or artificial gem in the color of the marḫašu stone”)
- → Aramaic: מַרְקְשִׁיתָא
- → Classical Syriac: ܡܰܪܩܫܺܝܬܴܐ (marqəšīṯā, “marcasite”)
- → Arabic: مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā, “marcasite”), مَرْقَشِيثَا (marqašīṯā), مَارْقَشِيتَا (mārqašītā), مَارْقَشِيثَا (mārqašīṯā)
- → Medieval Latin: marchasita
- → English: marcasite
- → French: marcassite
- → Spanish: marcasita
- → Spanish: margajita
- → Medieval Latin: marchasita
- → Arabic: مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā, “marcasite”), مَرْقَشِيثَا (marqašīṯā), مَارْقَشِيتَا (mārqašītā), مَارْقَشِيثَا (mārqašīṯā)
- ⇒ Akkadian: 𒉌𒌓𒍝𒄢𒈥𒄩𒅆𒌅 (NA4.GUGmar-ḫa-ši-tu /marḫašītu/, “glass or artificial gem in the color of the marḫašu stone”)
References
- “𒈥𒄩𒅆𒆠 (Marhaši)” in ePSD2