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argamannu

argamannu noun: a red-purple dye.

Noun

argamannu (uncountable)

  1. A red-purple dye.
    • The least frequently used dye was argamannu, which was also red and probably produced a shade of blue-purple, although different from that of takiltu.2006, Stefan Zawadzki, Garments of the Gods: Studies on the Textile Industry and the Pantheon of Sippar According to the Texts from the Ebabbar Archive, Volume 1
  2. A cloth of this color, often woolen.

Synonyms of argamannu

Origin of argamannu

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒈠𒉡 (argamannu).

Questions about argamannu

What does argamannu mean?
Argamannu means a red-purple dye.
What part of speech is argamannu?
Argamannu is a noun.

Words near argamannu in the dictionary

  1. argali
  2. argalis
  3. Argalong
  4. argals
  5. argaman
  6. argamannu
  7. argan
  8. argand
  9. Argand burner
  10. Argand burners
  11. Argand diagram

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