Emesal

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A variety or sociolect of the Sumerian language, used exclusively by female characters in some literary texts.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sumerian š’…“š’Š© (eme-sal /⁠emesal⁠/).

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