English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏneʾṣṣár), a corruption of earlier נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏreʾṣṣár), from Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀 (Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur, “Nabu protect my boundary/heir”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nebuchadnezzar
- A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 B.C.E. – 562 B.C.E. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.
Translations
a ruler of Babylon
- Arabic: بُخْتُ نَصَّر m (buḵtu naṣṣar) (used by Muslims), نِبُوخَذْنِصَّر m (nibūḵaḏniṣṣar) (used by Christians)
- Armenian: Նաբուքոդոնոսոր (Nabukʻodonosor)
- Old Armenian: Նաբուքոդոնոսոր (Nabukʻodonosor)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܵܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ܲܕܢܵܨܲܪ m (nāḇuḵadnāṣar)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 尼布甲尼撒 (zh) (Níbùjiǎnísā)
- Finnish: Nebukadnessar
- German: Nebukadnezar (de) m
- Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂 m (nabukaudaunausaur)
- Greek: Ναβουχοδονόσορ (Navouchodonósor)
- Ancient Greek: Ναβουχοδονόσορ (Naboukhodonósor), Ναβουκοδρόσορος (Naboukodrósoros)
- Hebrew: נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר m (Nevuchadnetzar)
- Hindi: नबूकदनेस्सर m (nabūkadnessar)
- Italian: Nabucodonosor
- Latin: Nabuchodonosor
- Macedonian: Навукодоно́сор m (Navukodonósor)
- Maori: Nepukaneha
- Middle English: Nabugodonosor
- Neapolitan: Nabuccodonosor
- Old Persian: 𐎴𐎲𐎢𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼𐎨𐎼 (n-b-u-ku-u-d-r-c-r)
- Persian: بخت نصر (boxto-nassar)
- Portuguese: Nabucodonosor m
- Russian: Навуходоно́сор m (Navuxodonósor)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Набукодонозор m
- Roman: Nabukodonozor m
- Spanish: Nabucodonosor
- Swedish: Nebukadnessar
- Tagalog: Nabukodonosor
- Urdu: بَخْتُ نَصَّر m (baxtu naṣṣar), بَخْتُ نَصَّر بابِلی m (baxtu naṣṣar bābilī)
- Welsh: Nebuchadnesar m
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Noun
Nebuchadnezzar (plural Nebuchadnezzars)
- A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles.