فلسطين
See also: فلسطین
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.las.tˤiːn/, /fi.lis.tˤiːn/, /fa.las.tˤiːn/
Proper noun
فِلَسْطِين or فِلِسْطِين or فَلَسْطِين • (filasṭīn or filisṭīn or falasṭīn) f
- Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | فِلَسْطِين filasṭīn |
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| nominative | — | فِلَسْطِينُ filasṭīnu |
— |
| accusative | — | فِلَسْطِينَ filasṭīna |
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| genitive | — | فِلَسْطِينَ filasṭīna |
— |
Derived terms
- السُّلْطَة الْوَطَنِيَّة الْفِلَسْطِينِيَّة (as-sulṭa l-waṭaniyya l-filasṭīniyya)
- فَلَسْطِين حُرَّة (filasṭīn ḥurra, “free Palestine”)
- مُنَظَّمَة التَّحْرِير الْفِلَسْطِينِيَّة (munaẓẓamat at-taḥrīr al-filasṭīniyya)
Related terms
- فِلَسْطِينِيّ (filasṭīniyy), فِلِسْطِينِيّ (filisṭīniyy), فَلَسْطِينِيّ (falasṭīniyy)
Descendants
- Hijazi Arabic: فَلَسْطِين (falasṭīn), فِلِسْطِين (filisṭīn)
- Moroccan Arabic: فلسطين (filisṭīn)
- South Levantine Arabic: فلسطين (falasṭīn)
- → Hebrew: פלסטין (falastín)
- → Azerbaijani: Fələstin
- → Classical Persian: فَلَسْطِین (falastīn), فِلِسْطِین (filistīn)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: फ़िलिस्तीन (filistīn)
- Urdu: فِلِسْطِین (filistīn)
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: فلسطین, فلستین (felestin)
- Turkish: Filistin
Further reading
- فلسطين on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.las.tˤiːn/, /fi.lis.tˤiːn/
Proper noun
فَلَسْطِين or فِلِسْطِين • (falasṭīn or filisṭīn) f
- Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
Related terms
- فلسْطيني (falasṭīni or filisṭīni, “Palestinian”) (masculine)
- فلسْطِينِيَّة (falasṭīniyya or filisṭīniyya, “Palestinian”) (feminine)
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.lis.tˤiːn/
Proper noun
فلسطين • (filisṭīn) f
- Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
South Levantine Arabic
Picture dictionary
فلسطين
Etymology
From Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
فلسطين • (falasṭīn) f
- Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
Related terms
- فلسطيني (falasṭīni, “Palestinian”)
Descendants
- → Hebrew: פלסטין (falastín)