یروشلم

Punjabi

Etymology

Compare Urdu یَرُوشَلَم (yarūśalam).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

یَرُوشَلَم or یَروشَلَم • (yarūśalam or yarośalamm (Gurmukhi spelling ਯਰੂਸ਼ਲਮ or ਯਰੋਸ਼ਲਮ)

  1. Jerusalem

References

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “یَروشلم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic יְרוּשְׁלֶם (yərūšəlem), possibly a learned borrowing. Compare Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלֵם (y'rūšálem).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /jə.ɾoːʃ.ləm/, /jə.ɾuːʃ.ləm/, /jə.ɾʊ.ʃə.ləm/, /jə.ɾoː.ʃə.ləm/
  • Rhymes: -əm
  • Hyphenation: یَ‧رُو‧شَ‧لَم

Proper noun

یَروشْلَم or یَرُوشَلَم or یَروشَلَم • (yaroślam or yarūśalam or yarośalamm (Hindi spelling यरोश्लम or यरूशलम or यरोशलम)

  1. Jerusalem (a city in Israel; a city in Palestine)
    Synonyms: بیت المقدس (bait-ul-muqaddas), القدس (alquds)
    • 2017 December 6, “یروشلم دنیا کا سب سے متنازع شہر کیوں؟ [Why is Jerusalem the world's most disputed city?]”, in BBC News Urdu[1]:
      اسرائیلی اور فلسطینی دونوں یروشلم پر اپنا دعویٰ رکھتے ہیں اور اس کا تنازع بہت پرانا ہے۔
      isrā'īlī aur falast̤īnī donoṉ yarūśalam par apnā daʻvá rakhte haiṉ aur is kā tanāzaʻ bahut purānā hai.
      Israel and Palestine both claim Jerusalem and the dispute is quite old.
  2. (by extension) Jerusalem (a district of Israel, Palestine)