رومية

From Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē).

• IPA^(key): /ruː.mi.ja/

رُومِيَة • (rūmiya) f (Classical Arabic)

1. a city in Italy
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 1:7:

     […] ثُمَّ كَتَبَ هِرَقْلُ إِلَىٰ صَاحِبٍ لَهُ بِرُومِيَةَ، وَكَانَ نَظِيرَهُ فِي الْعِلْمِ […]

     […] ṯumma kataba hiraqlu ʔilā ṣāḥibin lahu birūmiyata, wakāna naẓīrahu fī l-ʕilmi […]

     […] Then Heraclius wrote to his friend in Rome, and he is on par with him (Heraclius) in knowledge. […]

2. (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire)

• رُومَا (rūmā)

• Traini, R. (2012) “Rūmiya”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam‎^[1], 2nd edition, Brill, archived from the original on 5 December 2023

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ruː.mij.ja/

رُومِيَّة • (rūmiyya) f

1. feminine singular of رُومِيّ (rūmiyy, “Byzantine”)

رُومِيَّة • (rūmiyya) f (plural رُومِيَّات (rūmiyyāt), masculine رُومِيّ (rūmiyy))

1. female equivalent of رُومِيّ (rūmiyy, “Byzantine”)
   1. a Byzantine woman