برطانية

Arabic

Alternative forms

بِرِيطانِيَا (birīṭāniyā)

Etymology

Probably from Latin Britannia.

Pronunciation

(Classical Arabic) IPA^(key): /bi.ri.tˤaː.ni.ja/
(Modern Standard Arabic) IPA^(key): /bar.tˤaː.ni.ja/

Proper noun

بِرِطَانِيَة or بَرْطَانِيَة • (biriṭāniya or barṭāniya) f

(rare or obsolete) Britain (an island in Northern Europe), Britannia
Synonyms: إنْكِلْتِرَة (ʔinkiltira, “England”), إنْكِلْترا, إنْجِلْتِرَا (ʔinjiltirā), إنْقِلْطَارَّة (ʔinqilṭārra)
Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)

Descendants

→ Classical Persian: برطانیه (biritâniya)
- → Pashto: برطانيه (bartānya)
- → Urdu: بَرْطانِیَہ (bart̤āniya)

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