ziqqurat
See also: Ziqqurat
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]ziqqurat (plural ziqqurats)
- Alternative spelling of ziggurat
Italian
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (ziqqurratum).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): */ˈd͡zik.ku.rat/[1], */d͡zik.kuˈrat/[2]
- Rhymes: -ikkurat, -at
- Hyphenation: zìq‧qu‧rat, ziq‧qu‧ràt
Noun
[edit]ziqqurat m or f (invariable)
- (archaeology) ziggurat, zikkurat (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
References
[edit]- ziqqurat in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- ^ ziqqurat in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ “ziqqurat”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 21 toi–z, UTET, 2002, page 1074
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English words containing Q not followed by U
- Italian terms borrowed from Akkadian
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- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ikkurat
- Rhymes:Italian/ikkurat/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/at
- Rhymes:Italian/at/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
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