kussûm

Borrowed from Sumerian 𒄑𒄖𒍝 (^g̃ešgu-za /⁠guza⁠/, “chair”).

• IPA^(key): /kusˈsuːm/

kussûm f (base kussi, plural kussû)

1. chair, seat, throne

• kussû (non-mimated)
• kussīum (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)

• → Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎒𐎜 (ksủ /⁠kussīʔu⁠/)
• → Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܟܘܪܣܝܐ (kursəyā)
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כּוּרְסְיָא (kursəyā)
  • → Arabic: كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy)
• → Hebrew: כִּסֵּא (kisséʔ)

• “kussû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011