This online dictionary is based on the following lexicographical works:
- Black, Jeremy A., George, Andrew and Postgate, Nicholas (2000). A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian.
- Delizsch, Friedrich (1896). Assyrisches Handwörterbuch.
- Huehnergard, John (2000). A Grammar of Akkadian.
- Hameen-Anttila, Jaakko (2000). A Sketch of Neo-Assyrian Grammar.
- Marcus, David (1978). A Manual of Akkadian.
- Oppenheim, A. Leo, et al. Chicago Assyrian Dictionary.
- Parpola, Simo (2005). The Helsinki Neo-Assyrian Dictionary.
Alexander Hislop in his The Two Babylons (1858) claimed that the Old Norse mythical Nores were etymologically derived from a "Chaldean" word "Nor" which supposedly meant "child".
Words in Akkadian that relate to the English word "child."
- aban ḫālti : [Religion] childbirth amulet
- aḫurrû : junior, inferior ; younger child
- ana mārūtu leqû / šakānu : [Legal] to adopt ( a child)
- ana mārūtu nadānu : [Legal] to put up for adoption ( a child)
- atmu : [Animals] 1) hatchling , young of a bird / snake / turtle , chick, chicken , fledgling ; 2) (by extension) human offspring , young child , toddler ; 3) : (personnal name) ;
- banû (4) : [Industry] 1) to create , to build ; 2) (deity) : to create (a person, grain , creation ...) ; 3) (person) : to engender (a child) , to sire , to make (a figurine) , to build (house, boat) ; 4) (mathematics) : 1) to construct ; 2) a shape , a form of feature (geometrical ...) ; 5) D : : to erect (a city)
- ēdu : [Numbers] only 1) (person) : single , sole , alone ; 2) (personal name : only child) ; 3) -substantive- : a single (person) ; 4) : chief of
- erû (3) : [Human → Body] to be naked , to be in the nude : to be destitute , to be without clothes on , to be very poor D : (hair) to strip a head bare , (wind) to strip (trees , ground ...) , to strip a woman for childbirth , to prepare a woman for childbirth [erû qablītu] : to empty a container
- ḫāltu : [Science → Natural sciences] parturition , childbirth , being in travail to give birth ;
- ḫarāšu (1) : [Science → Natural sciences] G : to be in labour / labor , to reach the concluding stage of pregnancy
- ḫarištu : [Human being] woman in childbirth
- kūbu : [Human → Family] foetus, stillborn child, premature baby ; a demon
- lā kēnu : [Legal] illegitimate , unlawful , groundless (?) , illicit (?) , bastard (?) / illegitimate -child- (?) , false ;
- mār mar ' i : a grandchild , a grandson
- māru , mar ' u , mer ' um , mēru , nāru : [Human → Family] son, child , boy , descendant
- munutukû : [Human → Family] : childless , without issue / descendency , infertile ;
- munutukûtu : [Human → Family] : childlessness , infertility / sterility ;
- mupaddû : [Religion → Magic] (sheep) offering for the naming (of someone -child ...)
- muštēšertu : [Human being] : having normal childbirth , to give birth normally ;
- nābgu+ : [Human → Family] a grandchild ;
- nadītu : [Religion] childless woman ; celibate priestess
- nērti lakê * : [Legal] infanticide , child-murder
- parāsu : 1) to cut off , offerings, sustenance : to withhold , evil : to keep away ; ennemy ... :
- rabû : G. to grow up ; to grow, get bigger ; stat. : to be big Gtn. to grow constantly, become great D. to raise, bring up (a child) ; to increase Dt. to be made superior to s.o. Š. to make great ; to extend ; to raise, bring up (a child) ; to promote s.o. ; to magnify, praise s.o. Štn. to be constantly magnified ŠD = Š N. to swell, become enlarged Ntn. to accumulate constantly (interest) Rt. to increase occasionally (Mathematics)
- ṣeḫrānu : childish ;
- ṣeḫru (1) : [Measures] 1) small , young , minor / underage / juvenile , younger (brother ...) ; 2) (king) the Second ; 3) (person) : lowly , lesser ; 4) (professional ...) : junior , new (on the job) , apprentice ; 5) child , servant , youngster
- ṣeḫru : small, young ; child ; servant
- ša šerri : [Moral life → Intelligence] childish , puerile ;
- ša-irti : [Human → Body] 1) child at the breast , wet nursing ; 2) (adjective) pectoral ; 3) army : breastplate , cuirass for the protection of the chest ;
- šarraḫūtu : [Sport] : (a child game) : bragging , boasting
- šerru : child , infant *
- širku : [Religion] oblate , a person (a child) given to a temple to serve there
- tarbûtu : novice, beginner ; shoot, seedling ; adopted childhood
- walādu : G. to bear (a child) ; to give birth ; to beget ; to produce, create D. to give birth, beget ; to produce, create ; to act as midwife Dt. to be begotten Š. to cause to give birth N. to get born
- warû (2) : [Transport] 1) to guide , to lead , to conduct , to show the way 2) G (u/u; imperative : [ru] ; [uru] , : [ri]) : to lead , to conduct 3) (ventive) : to fetch , to go for , to bring 4) Gtn : to guide , to steer , to show the way , to administer , to manage , to raise (children) , to bring up (children) 5) Gt : to lead away for good 6) Š : to conduct , to direct (person, animal, boat ...)
