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آشور

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Arabic

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Alternative forms

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  • آشُّور (ʔāššūr)

Etymology

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Ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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آشُور (ʔāšūrm

  1. (biblical) Ashur (a grandson of Noah in Genesis)
  2. the Assyrian nation, his descendants
  3. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))

Declension

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Declension of noun آشُور (ʔāšūr)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal آشُور
ʔāšūr
nominative آشُورُ
ʔāšūru
accusative آشُورَ
ʔāšūra
genitive آشُورَ
ʔāšūra

Derived terms

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Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? āšūr
Dari reading? āšūr
Iranian reading? âšur
Tajik reading? ošur

Proper noun

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Dari آشور
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ошур

آشور (âšur)

  1. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))