Cuneiform
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)
(2)   Shaped like a wedge

noun


(3)   An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
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Etymology


From or , from .

Adjective



  1. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
  2. Written in cuneiform: cuneiform script, cuneiform writing.

Noun



  1. An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clay tablets.
  2. A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
 
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