Akkadian
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒈣𒁻 (ma₂-laḫ₄ /malaḫ/, “sailor”).
Logogram
𒈣𒁻 • (MA₂.LAḪ₄)
- Sumerogram of malāḫum (“sailor”)
Sumerian
Alternative forms of
/malaḫ/
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| 𒈣𒁺𒁺 (ma₂-laḫ₅)
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| 𒈣𒁺 (ma₂-laḫ₆)
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| 𒇽𒈣𒁻 (lu₂ma₂-laḫ₄)
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| 𒇽𒈣𒁺𒁺 (lu₂ma₂-laḫ₅)
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Etymology
Formed by 𒈣 (ma₂ /ma/, “boat”) + 𒁻 (laḫ₄ /laḫ/, “to bring, to lead”).
Noun
𒈣𒁻 • (ma₂-laḫ₄ /malaḫ/)
- sailor
Descendants
- → Akkadian: 𒈣𒁻 (malāḫum)
- → Aramaic: מַלָּחָא (mallāḥā) / ܡܰܠܴܚܳܐ (mallāḥā)
- → Arabic: مَلَّاح (mallāḥ)
- → Bengali: মাল্লা (malla)
- → Persian: ملاح
- > Tajik: маллоҳ (malloh) (inherited)
- > Northern Luri: مںڵۆ (məłø) (inherited)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: मल्लाह (mallāh)
- Urdu: ملاح (mallāḥ)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਮਲਾਹ (malāh), ਮੱਲਾਹ (mallāh)
- Shahmukhi script: ملاح (mallāḥ)
- → Hebrew: מַלָּח (mallā́ḥ)
References
- “malah [SAILOR]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary[1], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
- “𒈣𒁻 (malaḫ)” in ePSD2