البلقان
Arabic
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بالقان (balkan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.bal.qaːn/
Proper noun
الْبَلْقَان • (al-balqān) f
- the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | الْبَلْقَان al-balqān |
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| nominative | — | الْبَلْقَانُ al-balqānu |
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| accusative | — | الْبَلْقَانَ al-balqāna |
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| genitive | — | الْبَلْقَانِ al-balqāni |
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Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic الْبَلْقَان (al-balqān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.bal.ˈɡaːn/, [al.bal.ˈqaːn] ([q] pronunciation)
Proper noun
البلقان • (albalgān) f
- the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey)
Derived terms
- شِبْه جَزِيرَة البَلْقَان (šibh jazīrat al-balgān, “Balkan Peninsula”)