فلسطين

See also: فلسطین

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē), see Palestine for more. See also this extended treatment on Wikipedia.

Compare Classical Syriac ܦܠܣܛܝܢ (palasṭīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.las.tˤiːn/

Proper noun

فِلَسْطِين • (filasṭīn) f

1. Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)

Declension

Declension of noun فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	فِلَسْطِين filasṭīn	—
nominative	—	فِلَسْطِينُ filasṭīnu	—
accusative	—	فِلَسْطِينَ filasṭīna	—
genitive	—	فِلَسْطِينَ filasṭīna	—

Derived terms

• السُّلْطَة الْوَطَنِيَّة الْفِلَسْطِينِيَّة (as-sulṭa l-waṭaniyya l-filasṭīniyya)
• مُنَظَّمَة التَّحْرِير الْفِلَسْطِينِيَّة (munaẓẓamat at-taḥrīr al-filasṭīniyya)

Related terms

• فِلَسْطِينِيّ (filasṭīniyy)

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: فَلَسْطِين (falasṭīn), فِلِسْطِين (filisṭīn)
• Moroccan Arabic: فلسطين (filisṭīn)
• South Levantine Arabic: فلسطين (falasṭīn)
  • → Hebrew: פלסטין (falastín)
• → Azerbaijani: Fələstin
• → Ottoman Turkish: فلسطین, فلستین (felestin)
  • Turkish: Filistin
• → Persian: فلسطین
  • → Urdu: فلسطین (filastīn)

Hijazi Arabic

علم فلسطين

فلسطين prior to its occupation and partition in 1948.

Etymology

From Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fa.las.tˤiːn/, /fi.lis.tˤiːn/

Proper noun

فَلَسْطِين or فِلِسْطِين • (falasṭīn or filisṭīn) f

1. Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)

Related terms

• فلسْطيني (falasṭīni or filisṭīni, “Palestinian”) (masculine)
• فلسْطِينِيَّة (falasṭīniyya or filisṭīniyya, “Palestinian”) (feminine)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.lis.tˤiːn/

Proper noun

فلسطين • (filisṭīn) f

1. Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)

South Levantine Arabic

علم فلسطين

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Etymology

From Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.las.tˤiːn/, [fɑ.lɑsˤˈtˤiːn]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Proper noun

فلسطين • (falasṭīn) f

1. Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)

Related terms

• فلسطيني (falasṭīni, “Palestinian”)

Descendants

• → Hebrew: פלסטין (falastín)