Sorbian

See also: sorbían

English

Etymology

From Sorb +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːbi.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːɹbi.ən/

Proper noun

Sorbian

1. A group of Slavic languages spoken by a minority in eastern Germany.

Synonyms

• Lusatian
• Wendish

Related terms

• Lower Sorbian
• Sorb
• Upper Sorbian

Translations

language

• Arabic: صُورْبِيّ‏‎ m (ṣūrbiyy)
• Armenian: լուժիկերեն (lužikeren)
• Belarusian: лужыцкая f (lužýckaja)
• Breton: Sorabeg
• Bulgarian: лужишки m (lúžiški)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索布語, 索布语 (Suǒbù yǔ), 文德語, 文德语 (Wéndé yǔ)

• Czech: lužickosrbský m
• Danish: Sorbisk
• Dutch: Sorbisch (nl) n
• Estonian: sorbi keel
• Finnish: sorbi (fi)
• French: sorabe (fr) m
• Galician: sorabo (gl) m
• German: Sorbisch (de) n
• Hebrew: שפות סורביות‏‎ f
• Hungarian: szorb (hu)
• Icelandic: Sorbneska
• Indonesian: Sorbia
• Irish: Soirbis
• Italian: sorbico, Sorbo
• Japanese: ソルブ語 (ja) (Sorubu-go)
• Korean: 소르브어 (Soreubeu-eo)

• Kurdish: sorbî‏‎ (ku)
• Lithuanian: Sorbiškai
• Macedonian: лужички m (lúžički), лужичкосрпски m (lužičkos'rpski)
• Navajo: Sóówbyan Dineʼé bizaad
• Norwegian: sorbisk (no)
• Persian: صربی‏‎
• Polish: łużycki (pl) m
• Portuguese: sorábio m, sórbio m
• Romanian: sorabă f
• Russian: лу́жицкий (ru) m (lúžickij), серболу́жицкий m (serbolúžickij), со́рбский m (sórbskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лужичкосрпски m

  Roman: lužičkosrpski (sh) m

• Slovak: lužickosrbský m
• Slovene: lužiščina f
• Sorbian:

  Lower: serbšćina f

  Upper: serbšćina f

• Spanish: sorbio (es) m, sorabo (es) m
• Swedish: sorbiska
• Turkish: Sorbca (tr)
• Ukrainian: лужицька f (lúžyc'ka)
• Walloon: Sorbyin

Adjective

Sorbian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language

• Dutch: Sorbisch (nl)
• German: sorbisch (de), wendisch (de)
• Polish: łużycki (pl) m
• Portuguese: sórbio

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: serbski

  Upper Sorbian: serbski (hsb)

Noun

Sorbian (plural Sorbians)

1. A Sorb.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Upper Sorbian, hsb
• Ethnologue entry for Lower Sorbian, dsb

Anagrams

• Baronis, Sanibor