𒅕𒄩𒀸

Hittite

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₂- (“line, border”), cognate with Latin ōra (“border, edge”).^[1]

𒅕𒄩𒀸 • (er-ḫa-aš /erχas/) c

Beside syllabograms, the Sumerogram 𒍠 (ZAG) was also used.

Broad transcription
a-stem noun¹
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	erḫaš	erḫeš, erḫiš
nominative
vocative	erḫi, erḫa	–
vocative
accusative	erḫan	erḫuš
accusative
genitive	erḫaš	erḫaš, erḫan²
genitive
dative-locative	erḫi	erḫaš
dative-locative
allative	erḫa	–
allative
ablative	erḫaz(a)	erḫaz(a)
ablative
instrumental	erḫit	erḫit
instrumental
1. The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension. 2. Only in Old Hittite.

Cuneiform script
a-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	𒅕𒄩𒀸	𒅕𒄭𒌍, 𒅕𒄭𒅖
nominative	er-ḫa-aš	er-ḫe-eš, er-ḫi-iš
vocative	𒅕𒄩, 𒅕𒄭	–
vocative	er-ḫa, er-ḫi
accusative	𒅕𒄩𒀭	𒅕𒄷𒍑
accusative	er-ḫa-an	er-ḫu-uš
genitive	𒅕𒄩𒀸	𒅕𒄩𒀸, 𒅕𒄩𒀭
genitive	er-ḫa-aš	er-ḫa-aš, er-ḫa-an
dative-locative	𒅕𒄭	𒅕𒄩𒀸
dative-locative	er-ḫi	er-ḫa-aš
allative	𒅕𒄩	–
allative	er-ḫa
ablative	𒅕𒄩𒊍	𒅕𒄩𒊍
ablative	er-ḫa-az	er-ḫa-az
instrumental	𒅕𒄭𒀉	𒅕𒄭𒀉
instrumental	er-ḫi-it	er-ḫi-it
More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration

^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 245