الإسكندرية
Arabic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), full name Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ κατ’ Αἴγυπτον (Alexándreia hē kat’ Aígupton, “Alexandria in Egypt”), with initial Ἀλ- (Al-) reanalyzed as the Arabic definite article, metathesis of ξ /ks/ to /sk/ and the ending -εια (-eia) (pronounced /ia/ in Koine Greek) assimilated to the common Arabic feminine adjectival ending ـِيَّة (-iyya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.ʔis.kan.da.rij.ja/
Proper noun
الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة • (al-ʔiskandariyya) f
- Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
- Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt)
- Alexandria (a city in Virginia, United States)
Declension
Declension of noun الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔiskandariyya)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة al-ʔiskandariyya |
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| Nominative | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ al-ʔiskandariyyatu |
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| Accusative | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةَ al-ʔiskandariyyata |
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| Genitive | — | الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ al-ʔiskandariyyati |
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Derived terms
- إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيّ (ʔiskandarāniyy)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: İsgəndəriyyə
- → Bashkir: Искәндәриә (İskəndəriə)
- → Chagatai: اسکندریه
- Uzbek: Iskandariya
- → Ottoman Turkish: اسكندریه
- Turkish: İskenderiye
- → Persian: اسکندریه
- → Bengali: ইস্কান্দরিয়া (iskandoriẏa)
- → Gujarati: ઇસ્કંદરિયા (iskandriyā)
- → Punjabi: اِسکَندَرِیَہ (īskandariyah)
- → Urdu: اِسکَندَرِیَہ
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “إسكندرية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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