Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urartian

/ʊˈɹɑːtɪən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: urar-tian
IPA: /ʊˈɹɑːtɪən/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the ancient kingdom of Urartu in the Armenian Highland.

noun

An inhabitant of Urartu.

name

The extinct language spoken by the inhabitants of Urartu, related to Hurrian.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Urartu Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Urartian From Urartu + -ian.

Inflected Forms

Urartaean (alternative) Urartean (alternative) Urartians (plural)

Phrases

Hurro-Urartian Wiktionary’s coverage of Urartian terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Urartian terms xur

Synonyms

Khaldian

Questions

How do you pronounce urartian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʊˈɹɑːtɪən/.
What does urartian mean?: Relating to the ancient kingdom of Urartu in the Armenian Highland.
Where does urartian come from?: Etymology tree English Urartu Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Urartian From Urartu + -ian.

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