مراكش

See also: مراکش

Arabic

Apparently from Berber ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”). The city was founded ca. AD 1070 by the Almoravids.

IPA^(key): /mur.raː.kuʃ/, /mar.raː.kuʃ/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /mar.raː.kiʃ/, /mar.raː.kuʃ/

مُرَّاكُش or مَرَّاكُش • (murrākuš or marrākuš) f

Declension of noun **مُرَّاكُش** (murrākuš)‎; **مَرَّاكُش** (marrākuš)
singular	basic singular diptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	مُرَّاكُش‎; مَرَّاكُش murrākuš‎; marrākuš	—
nominative	—	مُرَّاكُشُ‎; مَرَّاكُشُ murrākušu‎; marrākušu	—
accusative	—	مُرَّاكُشَ‎; مَرَّاكُشَ murrākuša‎; marrākuša	—
genitive	—	مُرَّاكُشَ‎; مَرَّاكُشَ murrākuša‎; marrākuša	—

→⇒ Classical Persian: مَرَاکِش (marākiš)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: मराकिश (marākiś)
  Urdu: مَراکِش (marākiś)
- → Punjabi: ਮਰਾਕਿਸ਼ / مَراکَش (marākiś)
→ Kabyle: Meṛṛakec
→ Old Catalan: Marrocs, Marochs, Marroches, Marrochos
- Catalan: Marroc
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: Marrocos
- Galician: Marrocos
- Portuguese: Marrocos
→ Old Spanish: Marruecos
- Spanish: Marruecos
  - → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: Marruecos
  - → Central Nahuatl: Marruecos
  - → Guaraní: Marruéko
  - → Tagalog: Marwekos
  - → Western Huasteca Nahuatl: Marruecos
→ Tashelhit: Mṛṛakc

Wehr, Hans (1979) “مراكش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN