Cuneiform Meaning in English

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التعريف

A writing system from ancient Mesopotamia made by pressing wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Cuneiform' is primarily used in academic, historical, or archaeological contexts. It refers only to the ancient script, not any modern writing system. Often used with the word 'tablets' or 'inscriptions.'

• Spanish: cuneiforme
• Portuguese (BR): cuneiforme
• Portuguese (PT): cuneiforme
• Chinese (Simplified): 楔形文字
• Chinese (Traditional): 楔形文字
• Hindi: कीलाक्षरी लिपि
• Arabic: الكتابة المسمارية
• Bengali: কিউনিফর্ম (প্রাচীন লিপি)
• Russian: клинопись
• Japanese: 楔形文字
• Vietnamese: chữ hình nêm
• Korean: 쐐기 문자
• Turkish: çivi yazısı
• Urdu: کیونِفارم (قدیم خط)
• Indonesian: aksara paku

جمل نموذجية

It’s amazing that people could read and write in cuneiform thousands of years ago.

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I saw a documentary about how cuneiform revealed the daily life of ancient people.

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Cuneiform was used to write the first known laws.

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Sumerians wrote with cuneiform on clay tablets.

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The museum displays ancient cuneiform tablets.

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Scholars spend years learning to decipher cuneiform texts.

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