ziggurat

See also: Ziggurat

English

Artist's rendering of the Ziggurat of Ur.

Alternative forms

zigurat, zikkurat, zikurat

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (ziqqurratu), from 𒁲 𒊑 (zaqāru, literally “to build high”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɪɡʊˌɹæt/, /ˈzɪɡəˌɹæt/
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Noun

ziggurat (plural ziggurats)

a temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories
a building with similar style or shape
He works in an old ziggurat of an office building.

Derived terms

zigguratic
zigguratical

Translations

temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley

Akkadian: 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (ziqqurratu)
Arabic: زِقُّورَة‎ m (ziqqūra)
Hijazi Arabic: زِقُّورة‎ f (ziggūra)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 金字形神塔
Dutch: ziggoerat (nl)
Finnish: zikkurat
French: ziggourat (fr) f, ziggurat (fr) f
German: Zikkurat (de) f
Hebrew: זיגוראט‎ m (zigurát), זיגוראת‎ (zígurat)

Japanese: ジッグラト
Korean: 지구라트 (jigurateu)
Macedonian: зигура́т m (zigurát)
Persian: زیگورات‎ (fa), ذیققورات‎ (ziqqurat)
Polish: ziggurat (pl) m
Russian: зиккура́т (ru) m (zikkurát)
Spanish: zigurat (es) m
Sumerian: 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (IGI.É.NIR)
Turkish: ziggurat (tr)

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ziɡɡuɾɑt]
Hyphenation: zig‧gu‧rat

Noun

ziggurat (definite accusative zigguratı, plural zigguratlar)

ziggurat

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

ziggurat

Definite accusative

zigguratı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

ziggurat

zigguratlar

Definite accusative

zigguratı

zigguratları

Dative

ziggurata

zigguratlara

Locative

zigguratta

zigguratlarda

Ablative

ziggurattan

zigguratlardan

Genitive

zigguratın

zigguratların

Possessive forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	zigguratım	zigguratlarım
2nd singular	zigguratın	zigguratların
3rd singular	zigguratı	zigguratları
1st plural	zigguratımız	zigguratlarımız
2nd plural	zigguratınız	zigguratlarınız
3rd plural	zigguratları	zigguratları