تلمسان

Arabic

Etymology

Of Berber origin, but the components were intransparent to medieval Berber speakers already.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.lim.saːn/
    • (Maghribi) IPA(key): /tlam.saːn/

Proper noun

تِلِمْسَان • (tilimsān) f

  2. Tlemcen (a city in Algeria)
  4. Tlemcen (a province of Algeria)

Declension

Declension of noun تِلِمْسَان (tilimsān)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal — تِلِمْسَان
tilimsān 		—
nominative — تِلِمْسَانُ
tilimsānu 		—
accusative — تِلِمْسَانَ
tilimsāna 		—
genitive — تِلِمْسَانَ
tilimsāna 		—

Derived terms

  • تِلِمْسَانِيّ (tilimsāniyy)

Further reading

  • تلمسان on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
  • Souag, Lameen (26 September 2024) “Tlemcen: medieval folk etymologies and their implications”, in Jabal al-Lughat‎[1]
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