بینالنهرین
Persian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic بَيْن النَّهْرَيْن (bayn an-nahrayn).
Pronunciation
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bäj.nʊn.näɦ.ɾǽjn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bej.non.næɦ.ɹéjn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bäj.nun.näɦ.ɾǽjn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Dari reading? | baynunnahrayn |
| Iranian reading? | beynonnahréyn |
| Tajik reading? | baynunnahrayn |
Proper noun
بینالنهرین • (beyno-n-nahreyn)
- (historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)
- (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)