لندن

Arabic

Etymology

From English London.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lun.dun/, /lan.dan/

Proper noun

لُنْدُن or لَنْدَن • (lundun or landan) f

1. London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)

   Synonyms: (archaic) لُنْدْرَة (lundra), (obsolete) لُونْدَرَس (lūndaras)

Declension

Declension of noun لُنْدُن (lundun)‎; لَنْدَن (landan)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	لُنْدُن‎; لَنْدَن lundun‎; landan	—
Nominative	—	لُنْدُنُ‎; لَنْدَنُ lundunu‎; landanu	—
Accusative	—	لُنْدُنَ‎; لَنْدَنَ lunduna‎; landana	—
Genitive	—	لُنْدُنَ‎; لَنْدَنَ lunduna‎; landana	—

Derived terms

• لُنْدُنِيّ (lunduniyy), لَنْدَنِيّ (landaniyy)

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لندن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lan.ˈdan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [län̪.d̪ǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [län̪.d̪ǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [län̪.d̪ǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [län̪.d̪ǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læn̪.d̪ǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [län̪.d̪ǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	landan
Dari reading?	landan
Iranian reading?	landan
Tajik reading?	landan

Proper noun

Dari	لندن
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Лондон, Ландан

لندن • (landan)

1. London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)

Urdu

Alternative forms

• لنڈن (lanḍan)

Etymology

Borrowed from English London, possibly through Persian لندن (landan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lən.d̪ən/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ən
• Hyphenation: لَن‧دَن

Proper noun

لَنْدَن • (landan) m (Hindi spelling लंदन)

1. London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)