ajjaru I
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Variant: ijaru, jaru
Meanings:
flower, rosette
de:German: Deutsch Blüte, Rosette
fr:French: Français fleur, rosette
ar:Arabic: العربية زهرة
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
1 Lexical
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts ⸢x x⸣-bar-gi₆ = ia-a-ra UET 7, 93: 25 DCCLT. Perhaps short for ajjar ili (a lizard); Followed by kitturru “frog” (Sjöberg 1996, 226).; See also SAD 2, 84 tenšû 2.
1Further Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ia-ar napīši KAL 9, 33 iii 5 eBL “a fragrant flower”. broken context. new
Discussion
On ajjar ili see AHw. 25 a. 3, CAD A/1, 227f. The term denotes most likely a type of lizard, but not chameleon, which is not native to Iraq.