Cartúm

See also: cartum and Cartum

Irish

Etymology

From English Khartoum, possibly from Arabic خَرْطُوم (ḵarṭūm, “elephant trunk”), but more likely from قُرْطُم (qurṭum, “safflower”).

Proper noun

Cartúm m (genitive Chartúm)

1. Khartoum (the capital city of Sudan)

Related terms

• An tSúdáin f (“Sudan”)
• Poblacht na Súdáine f (“Republic of the Sudan”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cartúm	Chartúm	gCartúm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Khartoum”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024