البندقية

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Venetan venèdego (“Venetian”), formally reshaped by folk etymology بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya). Possibly mediated by Ottoman Turkish وندیك (venedik) from German Venedig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.bun.du.qij.ja/

Proper noun

الْبُنْدُقِيَّة • (al-bunduqiyya) f

  1. Venice (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Venice and the region of Veneto, Italy; former capital of an independent republic)
  2. Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Venice)

Declension

Declension of noun الْبُنْدُقِيَّة (al-bunduqiyya)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal — الْبُنْدُقِيَّة
al-bunduqiyya 		—
nominative — الْبُنْدُقِيَّةُ
al-bunduqiyyatu 		—
accusative — الْبُنْدُقِيَّةَ
al-bunduqiyyata 		—
genitive — الْبُنْدُقِيَّةِ
al-bunduqiyyati 		—

Derived terms

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