Sumerian

English

Etymology

Sumer +‎ -ian

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /suˈmɪə.ɹɪ.ən/, /səˈmɪə.ɹɪ.ən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /suˈmɛɚ.i.ən/, /səˈmɛɚ.i.ən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Homophone: Samarian (some accents)
Rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Hyphenation: Su‧me‧ri‧an, Su‧mer‧i‧an

Adjective

Sumerian (not comparable)

Of, from or pertaining to Sumer.
Of, from or pertaining to lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Šumer in Akkadian.

Translations

pertaining to Sumer

Catalan: sumeri
Czech: sumerský (cs)
Danish: sumerisk
Faroese: sumeriskur
Finnish: sumerilainen (fi)
French: sumérien (fr) m
Galician: sumerio (gl) m
German: sumerisch (de)
Greek: σουμερικός (el) m (soumerikós)
Hindi: सुमेरी (sumerī)
Marathi: सुमेरियन (sumeriyan)
Persian: سومری (fa) (sumeri)
Polish: sumeryjski (pl) m, sumerski (pl) m
Portuguese: sumério (pt), sumérico m, sumeriano
Russian: шуме́рский (ru) (šumérskij)
Swedish: sumerisk (sv)

Noun

Sumerian (plural Sumerians)

A person of Sumer.
A native of lower Babylonia, called Šumer in Akkadian.

Translations

person

Arabic: سُومْرِيّ (sūmriyy)
Catalan: sumeri m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 苏美尔人 (Sūměi'ěrrén)
Czech: Sumer m
Danish: sumerer c
Dutch: Sumeriër
Faroese: sumeri m
Finnish: sumeri (fi), sumerilainen (fi)
French: Sumérien (fr) m, Sumérienne f
Galician: sumerio (gl) m
German: Sumerer (de)
Greek: Σουμέριος (el) m (Soumérios)
Hindi: सुमेरी (sumerī)
Italian: sumerico
Japanese: スメル人 (Sumeru jin)
Korean: 수메르 (sumereu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سۆمەری (somerî)
Marathi: सुमेरियन m (sumeriyan)
Persian: سومری (fa) (sumeri)
Polish: Sumer (pl) m, Sumeryjczyk (pl) m, Sumeryjka (pl) f
Portuguese: sumério (pt) m
Russian: шуме́р (ru) (šumér)
Spanish: sumerio (es)
Sumerian: 𒌦 𒊕 𒈪 𒂵 (ùĝ saĝ gíg-ga)
Turkish: Sümer (tr)

Proper noun

Sumerian

(linguistics) The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.

Translations

language

Catalan: sumeri m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蘇美爾語／苏美尔语 (Sūměi'ěryǔ)
Czech: sumerština (cs) f
Danish: sumerisk
Dutch: Sumerisch
Esperanto: sumera lingvo
Estonian: sumeri keel
Faroese: sumeriskt n
Finnish: sumerin kieli, sumeri (fi)
French: sumérien (fr) m
Galician: sumerio (gl) m
German: Sumerisch (de)
Greek: σουμεριακή γλώσσα f (soumeriakí glóssa)
Hindi: सुमेरी f (sumerī)
Hungarian: sumer (hu)
Icelandic: súmerska (is)
Italian: sumero (it) m
Japanese: シュメール語 (シュメールご, Shumēru-go)
Korean: 수메르어 (Sumereueo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سۆمەری (somerî)
Limburgish: Soemerisch (li)
Marathi: सुमेरियन f (sumeriyan)
Norwegian: sumerisk språk
Persian: سومری (fa) (sumeri)
Polish: sumeryjski (pl) m
Portuguese: língua suméria f, sumério (pt) m, sumérico m, sumeriano m
Russian: шуме́рский язы́к (šumérskij jazýk)
Serbo-Croatian: сумерски / sumerski (sh)
Slovak: sumerčina f
Spanish: sumerio (es) m
Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠 (eme-gir)
Swedish: sumeriska (sv)
Tamil: சுமேரிய மொழி (cumēriya moḻi)
Turkish: Sümerce (tr)

See also

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Sumerian terms

Related terms

Sumer
Shinar

Further reading

ISO 639-3 code sux (SIL)

Anagrams

Suriname, aneurism, arsenium

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