Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dilmun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: dil-mun
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient civilisation and trading empire existing between the late-fourth and early-first millennia BC, mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh, believed to have centred on the island of Bahrain and at the height of its power encompassing also the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf as far north as present-day Kuwait.

Etymology

Representing the reconstructed Sumerian pronunciation.

Origin

Source language: Sumerian

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Telmun (alternative)

Derived Forms

Dilmunite

Questions

What does dilmun mean?: An ancient civilisation and trading empire existing between the late-fourth and early-first millennia BC, mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh, believed to have centred on the island of Bahrain and at the height of its power encompassing also the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf as far north as present-day Kuwait.
Where does dilmun come from?: It is traced to Sumerian.

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