Terms for Occupations, Professions and Social Classes in Ugaritic: An Etymological Study

Authors

  • Wilfred G.E. Watson

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24425/for.2018.124688

Keywords

Afro-Asiatic, Comparative Semitics, composite expressions, etymology, Hittite, Hurrian, Indo-European, occupation, profession, social class, Ugaritic

Abstract

After an introduction (§1), all the Ugaritic terms for occupations, professions and social classes are set out in a classified list together with their cognates in other Semitic languages and their equivalents in Afro-Asiatic, Indo-European and other language groups (§2). There are also sections on composite expressions (§3) proper nouns (§§4–5) and both syllabic Ugaritic and Ugaritian Akkadian terms in these categories (§6). A table sets out the results (§7), with statistics for distribution (§8) and language (§9) and finally there are some conclusions (§10).

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Published

23.09.2026

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Watson, Wilfred G.E. “Terms for Occupations, Professions and Social Classes in Ugaritic: An Etymological Study”. Folia Orientalia, vol. 55, Sept. 2026, pp. 307-78, doi:10.24425/for.2018.124688.

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Vol. 55 (2018): Folia Orientalia 55, 2018

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