Nazareth

English

Etymology

Via Latin Nāzareth and Koine Greek Νᾱζᾰρέθ (Nāzaréth) from Hebrew נָצְרַת (nāṣraṯ), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæzəɹəθ/

Proper noun

Nazareth

1. A city in northern Israel.

Related terms

• Nazarene

Translations

a city in northern Israel

• Aghwan: 𐕎𐔰𐔵𐔰𐕙𐔴𐔸 (nazaret)
• Arabic: النَّاصِرَة f (an-nāṣira)

  Hijazi Arabic: النَّاصرة f (an-nāṣra)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܨܪܬ

• Armenian: Նազարեթ (Nazaretʻ)
• Catalan: Natzaret (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拿撒勒 (zh) (Násālè), 納匝肋／纳匝肋 (zh) (Nàzālèi), 那薩羅／那萨罗 (Nàsàluó)

• Czech: Nazaret (cs) m
• Dutch: Nazareth (nl) n
• Estonian: Naatsaret
• Farefare: Nazarɛtɩ, Nazareti
• Finnish: Nasaret (fi)
• French: Nazareth (fr) m
• Galician: Nazaret (gl)
• German: Nazareth (de) n, Nazaret n
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌶𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸 (nazaraiþ)
• Greek: Ναζαρέτ (el) f (Nazarét)

  Ancient: Ναζαρέτ f (Nazarét), Ναζαρέθ m (Nazaréth)

• Hebrew: נָצְרַת (he) f (natsrát)
• Hindi: नासरत m (nāsarat)
• Hungarian: Názáret (hu)
• Irish: Nazarat m, Nasaireit f
• Italian: Nazaret f
• Japanese: ナザレ (Nazare)
• Kazakh: Назарет (Nazaret)
• Khmer: ណាសារ៉ែត (naasaaraet)
• Latin: Nāzara f, Nāzareth f
• Latvian: Nācarete f
• Lithuanian: Nazaretas m
• Macedonian: Назарет m (Nazaret)
• Malay: Nazaret (Christianity)
• Maltese: Nazzarett
• Manx: Nasair
• Navajo: Názareth
• Ngazidja Comorian: Nazareti
• Ottoman Turkish: ناصره (Nâsıre)
• Persian: ناصره (fa) (nâsere)
• Polish: Nazaret (pl) m
• Portuguese: Nazaré (pt)
• Russian: Назаре́т (ru) m (Nazarét)
• Spanish: Nazaret (es)
• Swedish: Nasaret
• Tamil: நாசரேத்து (ta) (nācarēttu)
• Turkish: Nasıra
• Urdu: ناصرہ m (nāṣirah)

Further reading

• Nazareth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Hetrazan

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Nazareth in 1866. Named after a former farmstead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.zaː.rɛt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Na‧za‧reth

Proper noun

Nazareth n

1. A neighbourhood of Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːtsaˌʁɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Nazareth n (proper noun, strong, genitive Nazareths)

1. Nazareth (city in Palestine, modern Israel)

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Νᾱζᾰρέθ (Nāzaréth, “Nazareth”), probably from the Hebrew נָצְרַת (Nāṣraṯ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːz.za.retʰ/, [ˈnäːz̪d̪͡z̪ärɛt̪ʰ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnad.d͡za.ret/, [ˈnäd̪ː͡z̪äret̪]

Proper noun

Nāzareth f (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of Nāzara

References

• “Nāzăreth”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nazareth in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Nāzareth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑt.sɑ.ret/

Proper noun

Nazareth ?

1. Nazareth (an ancient city in modern northern Israel)