English
Etymology
From Old English Niniue (under influence from Biblical Hebrew נִינְוֵה (nīnəwē)), from Latin Nīnevē, from Ancient Greek Νινευή (Nineuḗ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 𒀏 (/Ninua/) or Old Babylonian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 (/Ninuwā/) of uncertain origin, but is clearly a variation of 𒀏 (/ninâ/, “fish”).[1] The cuneiform seems to denote "House of Fish", although whether this referred to literal fish, an aspect of Ishtar, a separate Hurrian goddess, or something else entirely is unclear.[2]
The traditional folk etymology in classical antiquity derived it from an eponymous founder Ninus (Greek: Νίνος (Nínos)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɪnɪvə/, /ˈnɪnəvə/
Proper noun
Nineveh
- (historical) The capital of ancient Assyria, now Mosul, Iraq.
- A governorate in Northern Iraq.
Synonyms
- Mosul (present settlement)
Translations
ancient capital of Assyria
— see also Mosul
- Arabic: نِينَوَى (nīnawā), نَيْنَوَى (naynawā)
- Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܝܢܘܐ (nīnwē)
- Armenian: Նինվե (Ninve)
- Burmese: နိနဝေမြို့ (ni.na.we-mrui.)
- Car Nicobarese: Ninevē
- Catalan: Nínive f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 尼尼微 (Níníwēi, Níníwéi)
- Danish: Nineve
- Finnish: Ninive
- French: Ninive (fr) f
- Georgian: ნინევია (ninevia)
- German: Ninive (de)
- Greek: Νινευή f (Nineví)
- Ancient: Νινευή f (Nineuḗ), Νινειΐ f (Nineiḯ)
- Hebrew: נִינְוֵה f (nin'vé)
- Hindi: नीनवा (nīnvā)
- Irish: Ninivé f
- Italian: Ninive f
- Japanese: ニネヴェ (Nineve)
- Korean: 니네베 (Ninebe)
- Latin: Nīnevē f, Nīnivē f
- Macedonian: Нини́ва f (Niníva)
- Marathi: निनेव्हे (ninevhe)
- Ottoman Turkish: نینوه (Ninova)
- Persian: نینوا (fa) (Neynavâ)
- Polish: Niniwa (pl) f
- Portuguese: Nínive f
- Russian: Ниневия (ru) f (Ninevija)
- Spanish: Nínive (es) f
- Thai: นิเนเวห์
- Turkish: Ninova
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "Ninevite, n. and adj." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2013.
- ^ "Nineveh" in the Encyclopaedia Judaica.