النمسا
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نمچه (nemçe, “Austrian”), from Proto-Slavic *němьcь (“German”). During the Ottoman period, Austria (the Habsburg Empire) was the most significant German-speaking country.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
النَّمْسَا or النِّمْسَا • (an-namsā or an-nimsā) f
- Austria (a country in Central Europe)
Declension edit
Declension of noun النَّمْسَا (an-namsā); النِّمْسَا (an-nimsā)
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| Informal | — | النَّمْسَا; النِّمْسَا an-namsā; an-nimsā |
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| Nominative | — | النَّمْسَا; النِّمْسَا an-namsā; an-nimsā |
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| Accusative | — | النَّمْسَا; النِّمْسَا an-namsā; an-nimsā |
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| Genitive | — | النَّمْسَا; النِّمْسَا an-namsā; an-nimsā |
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Derived terms edit
- نِمْسَاوِيّ (nimsāwiyy), نَمْسَاوِيّ (namsāwiyy)
See also edit
- جُمْهُورِيَّة النَّمْسَا (jumhūriyyat an-namsā), جُمْهُورِيَّة اَلنِّمْسَا (jumhūriyyat an-nimsā)
References edit
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “نمسا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Further reading edit
النمسا on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
South Levantine Arabic edit
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Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish نمچه (nemçe, “Austrian”).
Proper noun edit
النمسا • (in-nimsa) f
- Austria (a country in Central Europe)
Related terms edit
- نمساوي (nimsāwi, “Austrian”)