مقدونيا
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maq.duː.ni.jaː/
Proper noun
مَقْدُونِيَا • (maqdūniyā) f
- Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia)
- (historical) Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe)
- Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans)
- Synonym: مَقْدُونِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة (maqdūniyā š-šamāliyya)
- Macedonia (a geographic region and former administrative region of Greece)
- Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)
- (historical) Macedonia (a former constituent republic of Yugoslavia)
Declension
| singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | مَقْدُونِيَا maqdūniyā |
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| nominative | — | مَقْدُونِيَا maqdūniyā |
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| accusative | — | مَقْدُونِيَا maqdūniyā |
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| genitive | — | مَقْدُونِيَا maqdūniyā |
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Descendants
- → Classical Persian: مَقْدُونِیَه (maqdūniya), مقدونیا (maqduniyâ), ماقدونیا (mâqduniyâ), ماقدون (mâqdun), ماکدونیه (mâkduniye), ماکدون (mâkdun)
- → Gujarati: મકદુનિયા (makduniyā)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: मक़दूनिया (maqdūniyā)
- Urdu: مَقْدُونِیَہ (maqdūniya)
See also
- مَقْدُونِيّ (maqdūniyy)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “مقدونيا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía, “Macedonia”), from μακεδονία (makedonía, “highland”), from μακεδνός (makednós, “high, tall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɡ.ˈdoːn.ja/, [maqˈdo̞ːnja]
Proper noun
مقدونيا • (magdōnya) f
- Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia)
- (historical) Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe)
- Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans)
- Synonym: مقدونيا الشمالية (magdōnya š-šamāliyya)
- Macedonia (a geographic region and former administrative region of Greece)
- Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)
- (historical) Macedonia (a former constituent republic of Yugoslavia)
Related terms
- مقدوني (magdōni, “m. Macedonian”)
- مقدونية (magdōniyya, “f. Macedonian”)