シュメール

Japanese

Etymology

Via English Sumer, ultimately from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕɨme̞ːɾɯ̟]

Proper noun

シュメール • (Shumēru) 

  1. Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)
  2. (attributive, in compounds) Sumerian

Synonyms

Sometimes called スメル (Sumeru) or (rarely) キエンギ (Kiengi), from Sumerian 𒆠𒂗𒄀 (ki-en-gi).[1]

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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