Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiamat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables: tia-mat
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.

name

A supposed planet once located between Mars and Jupiter.

Example Sentences

"Sitchin also tells us Mummu was the planet Mercury - "One Who Was Born," and that Tiamat was an earlier Earth."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀀𒀊𒁀 (tiāmtum, “sea; a deity”), from Proto-Semitic *tihām- (“sea”).

Word Breakdown

Root: *tihām-

Questions

What does tiamat mean?: A Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.
Where does tiamat come from?: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀀𒀊𒁀 (tiāmtum, “sea; a deity”), from Proto-Semitic *tihām- (“sea”).

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