البندقية

Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain but probably from modification of Byzantine Greek Βενετικός (Benetikós, “Venetian”) and Βενέτζια (Benétzia, “Venice”) and/or Venetian venedego under influence from بُنْدُق (bunduq, “pebble, bullet, hazelnut”) and ـِيَّة (-iyya, “-ia”), a variant of Ancient Greek Ἐνετικός (Enetikós, “Venetian, Venetic, Enetic”) under influence from Latin veneticus (“Venetic, Venetian”), both of uncertain origin but generally assumed to derive from a Venetic endonym.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.bun.du.qij.ja/

Proper noun

الْبُنْدُقِيَّة • (al-Bunduqiyya) f

1. Venice (the regional capital of Veneto, Italy)

Declension

Declension of noun الْبُنْدُقِيَّة (al-bunduqiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْبُنْدُقِيَّة al-bunduqiyya	—
Nominative	—	الْبُنْدُقِيَّةُ al-bunduqiyyatu	—
Accusative	—	الْبُنْدُقِيَّةَ al-bunduqiyyata	—
Genitive	—	الْبُنْدُقِيَّةِ al-bunduqiyyati	—

Derived terms

• بُنْدُقَانِيّ (bunduqāniyy)
• بُنْدُقِي (bunduqī)