البندقية

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Venetan venèdego (“Venetian”), formally reshaped by folk etymology بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut”) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya). Possibly mediated by Ottoman Turkish وندیك (venedik) from German Venedig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.bun.du.qij.ja/

Proper noun

الْبُنْدُقِيَّة • (al-bunduqiyya) f

1. Venice (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Venice and the region of Veneto, Italy; former capital of an independent republic)
2. Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Venice)

Declension

Declension of noun الْبُنْدُقِيَّة (al-bunduqiyya)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	الْبُنْدُقِيَّة al-bunduqiyya	—
nominative	—	الْبُنْدُقِيَّةُ al-bunduqiyyatu	—
accusative	—	الْبُنْدُقِيَّةَ al-bunduqiyyata	—
genitive	—	الْبُنْدُقِيَّةِ al-bunduqiyyati	—

Derived terms

• بُنْدُقَانِيّ (bunduqāniyy)
• بُنْدُقِي (bunduqī)