Maveraünnehir

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ماوراءالنهر (maveraünnehir, Transoxiana),[1] from Arabic مَا وَرَاءَ النَهْر (mā warāʔa n-nahr, literally beyond the river).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː.ve.ɾaːˈyn.ne.hiɾ/
  • Hyphenation: Me‧ve‧ra‧ün‧ne‧hir

Proper noun

Maveraünnehir

  1. Transoxiana

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماوراءالنهر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “maveraünnehir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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