مدينة

See also: مدینه

Arabic

Etymology

    Borrowed from Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā). Cognate with Hebrew מדינה (məḏînâ, “state”), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎄𐎐𐎚 (mdnt). The root م د ن (m d n) is denominal.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ma.diː.na/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    مَدِينَة • (madīna) f (plural مُدُن (mudun) or مَدَائِن (madāʔin) or مُدْن (mudn))

    1. town, city
    2. jurisdiction

    Declension

    Declension of noun مَدِينَة (madīna)
    singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مَدِينَة
    madīna     		الْمَدِينَة
    al-madīna     		مَدِينَة
    madīnat
    nominative مَدِينَةٌ
    madīnatun     		الْمَدِينَةُ
    al-madīnatu     		مَدِينَةُ
    madīnatu
    accusative مَدِينَةً
    madīnatan     		الْمَدِينَةَ
    al-madīnata     		مَدِينَةَ
    madīnata
    genitive مَدِينَةٍ
    madīnatin     		الْمَدِينَةِ
    al-madīnati     		مَدِينَةِ
    madīnati
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal مَدِينَتَيْن
    madīnatayn     		الْمَدِينَتَيْن
    al-madīnatayn     		مَدِينَتَيْ
    madīnatay
    nominative مَدِينَتَانِ
    madīnatāni     		الْمَدِينَتَانِ
    al-madīnatāni     		مَدِينَتَا
    madīnatā
    accusative مَدِينَتَيْنِ
    madīnatayni     		الْمَدِينَتَيْنِ
    al-madīnatayni     		مَدِينَتَيْ
    madīnatay
    genitive مَدِينَتَيْنِ
    madīnatayni     		الْمَدِينَتَيْنِ
    al-madīnatayni     		مَدِينَتَيْ
    madīnatay
    plural basic broken plural triptote‎;
    basic broken plural diptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مُدُن‎; مَدَائِن‎; مُدْن
    mudun‎; madāʔin‎; mudn     		الْمُدُن‎; الْمَدَائِن‎; الْمُدْن
    al-mudun‎; al-madāʔin‎; al-mudn     		مُدُن‎; مَدَائِن‎; مُدْن
    mudun‎; madāʔin‎; mudn
    nominative مُدُنٌ‎; مَدَائِنُ‎; مُدْنٌ
    mudunun‎; madāʔinu‎; mudnun     		الْمُدُنُ‎; الْمَدَائِنُ‎; الْمُدْنُ
    al-mudunu‎; al-madāʔinu‎; al-mudnu     		مُدُنُ‎; مَدَائِنُ‎; مُدْنُ
    mudunu‎; madāʔinu‎; mudnu
    accusative مُدُنًا‎; مَدَائِنَ‎; مُدْنًا
    mudunan‎; madāʔina‎; mudnan     		الْمُدُنَ‎; الْمَدَائِنَ‎; الْمُدْنَ
    al-muduna‎; al-madāʔina‎; al-mudna     		مُدُنَ‎; مَدَائِنَ‎; مُدْنَ
    muduna‎; madāʔina‎; mudna
    genitive مُدُنٍ‎; مَدَائِنَ‎; مُدْنٍ
    mudunin‎; madāʔina‎; mudnin     		الْمُدُنِ‎; الْمَدَائِنِ‎; الْمُدْنِ
    al-muduni‎; al-madāʔini‎; al-mudni     		مُدُنِ‎; مَدَائِنِ‎; مُدْنِ
    muduni‎; madāʔini‎; mudni

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Maltese: Mdina
    • Cypriot Arabic: mtine
    • Gulf Arabic: مَدينة (madina)
    • Moroccan Arabic: مدينة (mdīna)
    • → Bengali: মদিনা (modina)
    • → French: médina
    • → English: medina
    • → Kabyle: tamdint (“city”)

    See also

    References

    • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 280
    • Wehr, Hans (1979) “مدن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

    Moroccan Arabic

    Root
    م د ن
    1 term

    Etymology

    From Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mdiː.na/

    Noun

    مدينة • (mdīna) f (plural مدن (mudun) or مدون (mdūn) or مدينات (mdīnāt))

    1. town, city

    Descendants

    See also

    • قرية (qarya, “village”)
    • عروبية (ʕrūbiyya, “countryside”)
    • دوار (duwwār, “village”)

    South Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ma.diː.ne/, [maˈdiː.ne]
    • IPA(key): /ma.diː.na/, [maˈdiː.na]
    • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

    Noun

    مدينة • (madīne) f (plural مدن (mudon))

    1. city, town
      Synonym: بلد (balad, “town, village”)

    Derived terms

    See also

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