Lydian

English

Etymology

From Lydia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.dɪ.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.di.ən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪdiən
• Hyphenation: Ly‧di‧an

Noun

Lydian (plural Lydians)

1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Lydia.

Translations

native or inhabitant of Lydia

• Finnish: lyydialainen (fi)
• German: Lyder (de) m, Lyderin f, Lydier m, Lydierin f
• Greek: Λυδός (el) m (Lydós)

  Ancient: Λυδός m (Ludós)

• Hungarian: líd (hu)
• Irish: Lidiach
• Polish: Lidyjczyk (pl) m, Lidyjka (pl) f
• Portuguese: lídio (pt) m
• Russian: лидиец (ru) m (lidijec), лидийка f (lidijka)

Proper noun

Lydian

1. An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian subgroup.

Translations

language

• Armenian: լիդիերեն (hy) (lidieren)
• Catalan: lidi m
• Finnish: lyydia (fi)
• German: Lydisch (de) n
• Hungarian: líd (hu)
• Irish: Lidis f
• Polish: lidyjski (pl) m
• Portuguese: lídio (pt) m
• Russian: лидийский (ru) (lidijskij)
• Swedish: lydiska (sv) c

Adjective

Lydian (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to Lydia, or its people, language or culture.
2. (music) Designating a mode of ancient Greek music, reputed to be light and effeminate.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     And all the while sweet Musicke did diuide / Her looser notes with Lydian harmony […]

Derived terms

• hypolydian
• Hypomixolydian
• Mixolydian

Translations

pertaining to Lydia

• Finnish: lyydialainen (fi)
• German: lydisch (de)
• Greek: λυδικός (el) (lydikós)
• Hungarian: líd (hu)
• Irish: Lidiach
• Polish: lidyjski (pl) m
• Portuguese: lídio (pt) m
• Russian: лидийский (ru) (lidijskij)

See also

• Category:Lydian language

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code xld (SIL)