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):

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

Adjective

Sumerian (not comparable)

1. Of, from or pertaining to Sumer.
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) 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)

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: 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

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 (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

• Emegir
• Emesal

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sumerian terms

Related terms

• Sumer
• Shinar

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code sux (SIL)

Anagrams

• Suriname, aneurism, arsenium