تونس
Arabic edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
تُونُس or تُونِس • (tūnus or tūnis) f
- Tunisia (a country in North Africa)
- Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)
Declension edit
Declension of noun تُونُس (tūnus); تُونِس (tūnis)
Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | تُونُس; تُونِس tūnus; tūnis |
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Nominative | — | تُونُسُ; تُونِسُ tūnusu; tūnisu |
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Accusative | — | تُونُسَ; تُونِسَ tūnusa; tūnisa |
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Genitive | — | تُونُسَ; تُونِسَ tūnusa; tūnisa |
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Derived terms edit
- تُونُسِيّ (tūnusiyy)
References edit
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “تونس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Gulf Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic تَأَنَّسَ (taʔannasa).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
تونس • (?) V (non-past يَتَوَنَّس)
- to be entertained (with people)
Malay edit
Noun edit
تونس (plural تونس-تونس or تونس۲, informal 1st possessive تونسکو, 2nd possessive تونسمو, 3rd possessive تونسڽ)
Moroccan Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
تونس • (tūnes) f
- Tunisia (a country in North Africa)
- Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)
Derived terms edit
- تونسي (tūnsi)
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Arabic تُونُس (Tūnus) of uncertain origin.
Proper noun edit
تونس • (Tunus)
- Tunis (the capital of Tunisia)
- (historical) Tunisia (a province of the Ottoman Empire)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: Tunus
References edit
- Mallouf, Nassif (1856), “Tunis”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 872
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تونس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 614
Persian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [tuː.nis]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰuː.nes]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰu.nis]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | tūnis |
Dari reading? | tūnis |
Iranian reading? | tunes |
Tajik reading? | tunis |
Proper noun edit
تونس • (Tunes)
- Tunisia (a country in North Africa)
- Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)
Related terms edit
- تونسی (tunesi)