تونس

• IPA^(key): /tuː.nus/, /tuː.nis/

تُونُس or تُونِس • (tūnus or tūnis) f

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)
2. Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)

• تُونُسِيّ (tūnusiyy)

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

From Arabic تَأَنَّسَ (taʔannasa).

تونس • (?) V (non-past يَتَوَنَّس)

1. to be entertained (with people)

تونس (plural تونس-تونس or تونس۲, informal 1st possessive تونسکو, 2nd possessive تونسمو, 3rd possessive تونسڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of tunas

From Arabic تُونِس (tūnis).

• IPA^(key): /tuːnɪs/

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تونس • (tūnes) f

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)
2. Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)

• تونسي (tūnsi)

Ultimately from Arabic تُونُس (Tūnus) of uncertain origin.

تونس • (Tunus)

1. Tunis (the capital of Tunisia)
2. (historical) Tunisia (a province of the Ottoman Empire)

• Turkish: Tunus

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Tunis”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 872
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تونس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 614

تونس • (Tunes)

1. Tunisia (a country in North Africa)
2. Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)

• تونسی (tunesi)