مدینه

See also: مدينة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْمَدِينَة (al-madīna).

Proper noun

مدینه • (Medîne)

1. Medina (a city in Saudi Arabia)

Descendants

• Turkish: Medine

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Medîne”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 538

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْمَدِينَة (al-madīna).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ma.ðiː.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.d̪iː.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.d̪iː.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.d̪iː.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.d̪i.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæ.d̪iː.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mä.d̪i.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	maḏīna
Dari reading?	madīna
Iranian reading?	madine
Tajik reading?	madina

Proper noun

Dari	مدینه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Мадина

مدینه • (Madine)

1. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)
2. Medina (a city, the provincial capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hijra was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb)