𒉠

𒉠 U+12260, 𒉠 CUNEIFORM SIGN NISAG ← 𒉟 [U+1225F] Cuneiform 𒉡 → [U+12261]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

𒉠	Sign Number
MZL	546
Deimel	337xx
HZL	—

References

• R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Münster (2003)
• A. Deimel, Šumerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
• Chr. Rüster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Sumerian

Alternative forms of /nesag̃/
𒉈𒊕 (ne-sag̃)
𒃻𒊕 (ni₃-sag̃)
𒋃 (nesag̃₂)

Noun

𒉠 • (nesag̃)

1. first-fruit offering
2. Nesag̃ (month name)

   𒌚𒋃𒅗

   iti nesag̃₂-ka

   /itid nesag̃k'a/

   in the month of Nesag̃

3. prime, foremost

Descendants

• → Akkadian: 𒌚𒁈 (nisannum)
  • → Aramaic: נִיסָן (nīsān)
    • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān)
    • Turoyo: ܢܝܣܷܢ (nisën)
    • Classical Syriac: ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)
      • → Arabic: نيسان (naysān)
        • → Ottoman Turkish: نیسان (nisan)
          • Turkish: nisan
          • Northern Kurdish: nîsan
        • → Persian: نَیسان (neysân)
  • → Biblical Hebrew: נִיסָן (nîsān)
    • → Israeli Hebrew: נִיסָן (nisán)

References

• “𒉠 (nesaŋ)” in ePSD2
• “𒉠 (nesaĝ)” in Daniel A. Foxvog, Elementary Sumerian Glossary, 2016