Sumerian

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Etymology

From Sumer +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s(j)ʊˈmɪəɹiən/, /səˈmɪəɹiən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sʊˈmɛɹiən/, /səˈmɛɹiən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: Samarian (some accents)
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiən
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
• Hyphenation: Su‧me‧ri‧an, Su‧mer‧i‧an

Adjective

Sumerian (not comparable)

1. Of, from or pertaining to Sumer.
   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 371:

     "Could be. Anyway, Sumerian culture—the society based on me—was another manifestation of the metavirus. Expect that in this case, it was in a linguistic form rather than DNA."

2. 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) Galician: sumerio (gl) German: sumerisch (de) Greek: σουμερικός (el) (soumerikós) Hindi: सुमेरी (sumerī) Marathi: सुमेरियन (sumeriyan) Persian: سومری (fa) (sumeri) Polish: sumeryjski (pl), sumerski (pl) Portuguese: sumério (pt), sumérico, sumeriano Russian: шуме́рский (ru) (šumérskij) Swedish: sumerisk (sv)

Noun

Sumerian (plural Sumerians)

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

Translations

person

Arabic: سُومْرِيّ (sūmriyy) Catalan: sumeri m Chinese: Mandarin: 蘇美爾人 / 苏美尔人 (Sūměi'ěrrén) (Mainland China), 蘇美人 / 苏美人 (Sūměirén) (Taiwan) 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: シュメール人 (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

2. (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 (zh) (Sūměi'ěryǔ) (Mainland China), 蘇美語 / 苏美语 (zh) (Sūměiyǔ) (Taiwan) 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: język sumeryjski m Portuguese: língua suméria f, sumério (pt) m, sumérico m, sumeriano m Russian: шуме́рский язы́к (šumérskij jazýk) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сумерски Roman: sumerski (sh) Slovak: sumerčina f Spanish: sumerio (es) m Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠 (eme-gir) Swedish: sumeriska (sv) Tamil: சுமேரிய மொழி (cumēriya moḻi) Turkish: Sümerce (tr)

Related terms

• Sumer
• Shinar

See also

• Emegir
• Emesal

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sumerian terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code sux (SIL)

Anagrams

• Suriname, aneurism, arsenium