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dingir

dingir noun: any Sumerian deity.

Noun

dingir (plural dingir or dingirs)

  1. Any Sumerian deity.
    • Whether we deal with the Indian Rishis or Pitris; with the Chinese Chim-nang and Tchan-gy—their “Divine Man” and Demi-gods; with the Akkadian Dingir and Mul-lil—the Creative God and the “Gods of the Ghost-world”; with the Egyptian Isis-Osiris and Thot; with the Hebrew Elohim; or again with...1893, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, page 382
    • They believed that Nannar, the Dingir of the Moon, was moving it, and had put it there for them to count their time by, and they were grateful to him. They also believed that Ur was his special city, and that he looked after them and protected them from the dingirs of all the other cities that lay...1964, J. G. Fyson, The Three Brothers of Ur, pages 29-30
  2. The cuneiform symbol 𒀭

Examples of dingir in a sentence

  • They believed that Nannar, the Dingir of the Moon, was moving it, and had put it there for them to count their time by, and they were grateful to him.1964, J. G. Fyson, The Three Brothers of Ur, pages 29-30:
  • So begins his bewildering journey through the land of the mountain Dingirs1965, The Junior Bookshelf, volume 29, page 360:
  • The first is Enlil the dingir of dingir, who rules over all from the holy city of Nippur. [...] And seventh is Inanna, the dingir of love and the guardian of the city of Uruk.1998, William E. McCommons, The Foundings, page 52:
  • They were far below the bottom-most landing stage and the Dingir were ascending fast.2016, Manly Banister, The 7th Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK, page 723:

Forms of dingir

pluraldingir
pluraldingirs

Origin of dingir

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭 (dig̃ir, “god”).

Questions about dingir

What does dingir mean?
Dingir means any Sumerian deity.
How do you use dingir in a sentence?
They believed that Nannar, the Dingir of the Moon, was moving it, and had put it there for them to count their time by, and they were grateful to him.
What part of speech is dingir?
Dingir is a noun.
What is the plural of dingir?
The plural of dingir is dingir.

Words near dingir in the dictionary

  1. Dinginan
  2. dinginess
  3. dinginesses
  4. dinging
  5. dinging up
  6. dingir
  7. dingirs
  8. dingiso
  9. dingisos
  10. dingle
  11. Dingle Bay

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