Personal name · Semitic

ZU-RI-NI-MA

Bull- (personal name)

Reading
Ṯūrinima
Type
Personal name Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Knossos
Attestations
1

Commentary

√ṯ-w-r "bull" (Ug. ṯr, DULAT 916) + -ni-ma (mimation suffix). Solo word on clay vessel. Weak point: the value ZU = /ṯu/ is unconfirmed.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry ZU-RI-NI-MA.

  • Ugaritic𐎘𐎗ṯrṯr "bull" (DULAT 916); ṯr (II), a name element (DULAT 917)
  • Hebrewשׁוֹרšôršôr (שׁוֹר) "ox, bull" (HALOT 1451)
  • Arabicثَوْرṯawrṯawr (ثَوْر) "bull"
Linear A Lexicon