مراكش

See also: مراکش

Arabic

Etymology

Apparently from Berber ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”). The city was founded ca. AD 1070 by the Almoravids.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mur.raː.kuʃ/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /mar.raː.kiʃ/, /mar.raː.kuʃ/

Proper noun

مُرَّاكُش • (murrākuš) f

1. Marrakech (the capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco)

Declension

Declension of noun مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	مُرَّاكُش murrākuš	—
Nominative	—	مُرَّاكُشُ murrākušu	—
Accusative	—	مُرَّاكُشَ murrākuša	—
Genitive	—	مُرَّاكُشَ murrākuša	—

Derived terms

• مُرَّاكُشِيّ (murrākušiyy)

 

Descendants

• →⇒ Classical Persian: مَرَاکِش (marākiš)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: मराकिश (marākiś)

    Urdu: مَراکِش (marākiś)

  • → Punjabi: ਮਰਾਕਿਸ਼／مَراکَش (marākiś)
• → Kabyle: Meṛṛakec
• → Old Catalan: Marrocs, Marochs, Marroches, Marrochos
  • Catalan: Marroc
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: Marrocos
  • Galician: Marrocos
  • Portuguese: Marrocos
• → Old Spanish: Marruecos
  • Spanish: Marruecos
    • → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: Marruecos
    • → Central Nahuatl: Marruecos
    • → Guaraní: Marruéko
    • → Tagalog: Marwekos
    • → Western Huasteca Nahuatl: Marruecos
• → Tashelhit: ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ (mṛṛakc)

References

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