دمشق
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.maʃq/
- (Hijazi) IPA(key): [dɪ.maʃɡ], [dɪ.maʃq]
Proper noun
دِمَشْق • (dimašq) f
- Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
- Synonym: الشَّام (aš-šām)
- دِمَشْق القَدِيمَة ― dimašq al-qadīma ― Old Damascus
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | دِمَشْق dimašq |
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| nominative | — | دِمَشْقُ dimašqu |
— |
| accusative | — | دِمَشْقَ dimašqa |
— |
| genitive | — | دِمَشْقَ dimašqa |
— |
Derived terms
- دِمَشْقِيّ (dimašqiyy, “Damascene”)
Further reading
- دمشق on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).
Proper noun
دمشق • (Dimişk)
- synonym of شام: Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
Descendants
- Turkish: Dimişk, Dimaşk
Further reading
- Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Damas”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 146
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دمشق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 915
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Dimişk”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 217
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /da.ˈmiʃq/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.mɪ́ʃq]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æ.méʃɢ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪i.míʃq]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | damišq |
| Dari reading? | damišq |
| Iranian reading? | damešġ |
| Tajik reading? | dimišq |
Proper noun
| Dari | دمشق |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Димишқ |
دمشق • (damešq)
- Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
دمشق • (dimašq) f
- (formal) Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
- Synonym: الشام (iš-šām)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دمشق (damišq), from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ə.mɪʃq/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃq
- Hyphenation: دَ‧مِشْق
Proper noun
دَمِشْق • (damiśq) m (Hindi spelling दमिश्क़)
- Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)