القاهرة

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, “the Victorious”, named after an epithet of the planet Mars, النَّجْم القَاهِر (an-najm al-qāhir, “the victorious star”), in reference to Mars' passage above the site of the city at the time of the foundation of its walls in 969 CE; from قَهَرَ (qahara, “to defeat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.qaː.hi.ra/

Proper noun

الْقَاهِرَة • (al-qāhira) f

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Declension

Declension of noun الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْقَاهِرَة al-qāhira	—
Nominative	—	الْقَاهِرَةُ al-qāhiratu	—
Accusative	—	الْقَاهِرَةَ al-qāhirata	—
Genitive	—	الْقَاهِرَةِ al-qāhirati	—

Derived terms

• قَاهِرِيّ (qāhiriyy)

Descendants

• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܗܝܼܪܵܐ (qāhīrā)
• → Azerbaijani: Qahirə
• → Bashkir: Ҡаһирә (Qahirə)
• → Chagatai: قاهره
  • Uyghur: قاھىرە (qahire)
  • Uzbek: Qohira
• → Hebrew: קָהִיר (kahír)
• → Malay: Kaherah
• → Ottoman Turkish: قاهره
  • Turkish: Kahire
• → Pashto: قاهره
• → Persian: قاهره (qâhere)
• → Punjabi: قاہِرَہ (qāhirah)
• → Sindhi: قاهره
• → Tatar: Каһирә (Qahirä)
• → Urdu: قاہِرَہ (qāhira)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.ɡaːh.ra/, [al.qaːh.ra]

Proper noun

القاهرة • (algāhra) f

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).

Proper noun

القاهرة • (il-qāhira) f

1. Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)