طرابلس
Arabic edit
Alternative forms edit
- أَطْرَابُلُس (ʔaṭrābulus) (Medieval Arabic)
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
طَرَابُلُس • (ṭarābulus) f
- Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)
- Synonym: طَرَابُلُس الغَرْب (ṭarābulus al-ḡarb)
- Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)
- Synonym: طَرَابُلُس الشَّام (ṭarābulus aš-šām)
Declension edit
Declension of noun طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus)
Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | طَرَابُلُس ṭarābulus |
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Nominative | — | طَرَابُلُسُ ṭarābulusu |
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Accusative | — | طَرَابُلُسَ ṭarābulusa |
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Genitive | — | طَرَابُلُسَ ṭarābulusa |
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Derived terms edit
- طَرَابُلْسِيّ (ṭarābulsiyy)
Descendants edit
Libyan Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Western Libya) (file)
Proper noun edit
طرابلس (Ṭrābləs) ?
- Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic طَرَابُلُس (Ṭarābulus), ultimately from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from Ancient Greek τρῐ- (tri-, “tri-: three”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of تیرهبولی.
Proper noun edit
طرابلس • (Tarabülüs)
- Synonym of طرابلس شام (Tarabülüs-i Şam), Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)
- Synonym of طرابلس غرب (Tarabülüs-i Garb), Tripoli (the capital of Libya)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: Trablus
References edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “طرابلس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1234
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus), from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ta.ɾɑː.βu.lus]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹɒː.bo.los]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔ.bu.lus]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | tarāḇulus |
Dari reading? | tarābulus |
Iranian reading? | tarâbolos |
Tajik reading? | tarobulus |
Dari | طرابلس |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Таробулус |
Proper noun edit
طرابلس • (tarâbolos)
- Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus), from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ə.ɾɑː.bʊ.lʊs/
Proper noun edit
طَرابُلُس • (tarābulus) m (Hindi spelling तराबुलुस)
- Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)