See Gilgamesh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "Gilgamesh"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "legendary king of Uruk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ghilgameș"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Gilʹgaméš",
"sense": "legendary king of Uruk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Гильгаме́ш"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "gilgamīṣ",
"sense": "legendary king of Uruk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "गिल्गमीष्"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "legendary king of Uruk",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Гилгамеш"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "legendary king of Uruk",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gilgameš"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "legendary king of Uruk",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gilgamesh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "legendary king of Uruk",
"word": "Gilgamesh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "legendary king of Uruk",
"word": "Gilgamés"
},
{
"alt": "ᵈgilgameš₂ /Gilgameš/",
"code": "sux",
"lang": "Sumerian",
"sense": "legendary king of Uruk",
"word": "𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "legendary king of Uruk",
"word": "Gılgamış"
}
],
"word": "Gilgamesh"
}
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