Sumerian

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Adjective

Sumerian (not comparable)

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

Translations

pertaining to Sumer

• Finnish: sumerilainen (fi)
• French: sumérien (fr) m
• German: sumerisch (de)

• Persian: سومری (fa) (Sumeri)
• Polish: sumeryjski (pl) m, sumerski m
• Portuguese: sumério (pt), sumérico (pt) m, sumeriano (pt)

Noun

Sumerian (plural Sumerians)

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

Translations

person

• Arabic: السومري (as-súmri)
• Chinese: 苏美尔人 (Sūměi’ěr rén)
• Dutch: Sumeriër (nl)
• Finnish: sumeri (fi), sumerilainen (fi)
• French: Sumérien (fr) m
• German: Sumerer (de)
• Italian: sumerico (it)
• Japanese: スメル人 (sumeru jin)
• Korean: 수메르 (sumereu)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سۆمه‌ری (ku) (somari)

• Persian: سومری (fa) (Sumeri)
• Polish: Sumer (pl) m / Sumeryjczyk m, Sumeryjka f
• Portuguese: sumério (pt) m
• Russian: шумер (ru) (šumér)
• Spanish: sumerio (es)
• Sumerian: sag-giga
• Turkish: Sümer (tr)

Proper noun

Sumerian

1. The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.

Translations

language

• Chinese: 苏美尔语 (Sūměi’ěr yǔ)
• Danish: sumerisk
• Dutch: Sumerisch (nl)
• Esperanto: sumera lingvo
• Estonian: sumeri keel
• Finnish: sumerin kieli, sumeri (fi)
• French: sumérien (fr)
• Galician: lingua sumeria
• German: Sumerisch (de)
• Greek: σουμεριακή γλώσσα (soumeriakí glóssa)
• Hungarian: sumer (hu)
• Icelandic: súmerska (is)
• Italian: lingua sumera
• Japanese: シュメール語 (shumēru-go)
• Korean: 수메르어 (sumereu-eo)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سۆمه‌ری (ku) (somari)

• Limburgish: Soemerisch
• Norwegian: sumerisk språk
• Persian: سومری (fa) (Sumeri)
• Polish: sumeryjski m
• Portuguese: língua suméria f, sumério (pt) m, sumérico (pt) m, sumeriano (pt) m
• Russian: шумерский язык (ru) (šumérskij jazýk)
• Serbo-Croatian: сумерски / sumerski
• Slovak: sumerčina f
• Spanish: sumerio (es) m
• Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠 (eme-gir)
• Swedish: sumeriska
• Tamil: சுமேரிய மொழி (cumēriya moḻi)
• Turkish: Sümerce (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Sumerian terms

External links

• ISO 639-3 code sux (SIL)

Related terms

• Sumer
• Shinar

Anagrams

• aneurism
• Suriname