Akkadian

English

Alternative forms

• Accadian

Etymology

From Akkad +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/, /əˈkɑ.di.ən/

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• Homophone: Acadian
• Rhymes: -eɪdiən, -ɑːdiən

Adjective

Akkadian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Akkadian language of ancient Mesopotamia.
2. Of or pertaining to the Akkadian Empire.

Translations

pertaining to the language

• Akkadian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: أَكَّدِيّ (ar) (ʔakkadiyy), أَكَّادِيّ (ʔakkādiyy)
• Catalan: accadi
• Czech: akkadský
• French: akkadien (fr), accadien (fr)
• German: akkadisch (de)
• Greek: ακκαδικός (el) (akkadikós)
• Hebrew: אַכַּדִּי ('akadí)
• Hungarian: akkád (hu)
• Irish: Acáidis f
• Persian: اکدی (fa) (akadi)
• Polish: akadyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: acadiano (pt)
• Russian: акка́дский (ru) (akkádskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀ка̄дскӣ

  Roman: àkādskī (sh)

• Spanish: acadio (es)
• Swedish: akkadisk
• Turkish: Akadca (tr)

pertaining to the Empire

• Akkadian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: akkadilainen

Proper noun

Akkadian

2. The now extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia, formerly used as an international language of diplomacy.

   Synonym: Assyro-Babylonian

Translations

Semitic language

• Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 (akkadū)
• Arabic: أَكَّدِيَّة f (ʔakkadiyya), أَكَّادِيَّة f (ʔakkādiyya)
• Armenian: աքքադերեն (hy) (akʻkʻaderen)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܟܵܕܵܐܝܼܬ݂ m (akkādāˀīṯ), ܠܸܫܵܢܵܐ ܐܲܟܵܕܵܝܵܐ m (liššānā akkādāyā)
• Catalan: accadi m
• Czech: akkadština (cs) f
• Danish: akkadisk
• Dutch: Akkadisch (nl) n
• Finnish: akkadi (fi), akkadin kieli
• French: akkadien (fr) m, accadien (fr) m
• Georgian: აქადური ენა (akaduri ena)
• German: Akkadisch (de) n
• Greek: ακκαδικά (el) n (akkadiká)
• Hebrew: אַכַּדִּית (he) f (akadít)
• Hungarian: akkád (hu)
• Irish: Acáidis f
• Khmer: អាក្កាដ (aakkaat)
• Limburgish: akkadisch
• Norwegian: akkadisk
• Persian: اکدی (fa) (akadi)
• Polish: akadyjski (pl) m
• Portuguese: acadiano (pt) m
• Sicilian: accàdicu (scn) m, akkàdicu (scn)
• Slovene: akkadčina
• Spanish: acadio (es) m
• Swedish: akkadiska (sv)
• Turkish: Akadca (tr)

Noun

Akkadian (plural Akkadians)

1. A Semitic inhabitant of the region of Mesopotamia near the city of Akkad.

Translations

inhabitant of the Akkad region

• Akkadian: please add this translation if you can
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܟܵܕܵܝܵܐ m (akkādāyā), ܐܲܟܵܕܵܝܬܵܐ f (akkādāytā)
• Catalan: accadi m
• Czech: Akkaďan m
• Finnish: akkadilainen
• French: Akkadien (fr) m, Akkadienne (fr) f
• German: Akkadier m, Akkadierin f
• Greek: Ακκάδιος m (Akkádios), Ακκάδια f (Akkádia)
• Persian: اکدی (fa) (akadi)
• Portuguese: acadiano (pt) m
• Swedish: akkadier c
• Turkish: Akadlı

Related terms

• Akkad

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Akkadian terms
• Akkadian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-3 code akk (SIL)