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

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