Given name · aii
ܓܠܓܡܝܫ
“the ancestral hero”
ܓܠܓܡܝܫ (gilgāmīš) is a masculine given name from Akkadian, ultimately from Sumerian. It is used in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.
aiiWritten in Syriac script, read right to left.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ܓܠܓܡܝܫ goes back to Sumerian 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌 (ᵈgilgameš₂), meaning “the ancestral hero.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
ܓܠܓܡܝܫ comes from Akkadian, and ultimately from Sumerian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Akkadian Gilgāmeš, from Sumerian 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌 (ᵈgilgameš₂, “the ancestral hero”), built from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܓܠܕܐ (“skin of”) + ܓܵܡܘܿܫܵܐ (“buffalo bull”).
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