القاهرة

Arabic

Root
ق ه ر (q h r)
6 terms

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, containing the capital city)

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
• → Classical Persian: قَاهِرَه (qāhira)
  • → Bashkir: Ҡаһирә (Qahirə)
  • → Chagatai: قاهره (qāhrh)
    • Uyghur: قاھىرە (qahire)
    • Uzbek: Qohira
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: क़ाहिरा (qāhirā), काहिरा (kāhirā)
    • Urdu: قاہِرَہ (qāhira)
  • → Pashto: قاهره
  • → Punjabi: قاہِرَہ (qāhirah)
  • → Sindhi: قاهره
  • → Tatar: Каһирә (Qahirä)
• → Hebrew: קָהִיר (kahír)
• → Malay: Kaherah
• → Ottoman Turkish: قاهره
  • Turkish: Kahire

See also

governorates of Egypt: مُحَافَظَات مِصْر (muḥāfaẓāt miṣr)edit

• أَسْوَان (ʔaswān)
• أَسْيُوط (ʔasyūṭ)
• البَحْر الأَحْمَر (al-baḥr al-ʔaḥmar)
• البُحَيْرَة (al-buḥayra)
• الجِيزَة (al-jīza)
• الدَقَهْلِيَّة (ad-daqahliyya)
• الشَرْقِيَّة (aš-šarqiyya)
• الفَيُّوم (al-fayyūm)
• القَلْيُوبِيَّة (al-qalyūbiyya)
• المِنُوفِيَّة (al-minūfiyya)
• المِنْيَا (al-minyā)
• الوَادِي الجَدِيد (al-wādī l-jadīd)
• الْأُقْصُر (al-ʔuqṣur)
• الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔiskandariyya)
• الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيَّة (al-ʔismāʕīliyya)
• الْغَرْبِيَّة (al-ḡarbiyya)
• الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira)
• اَلسُّوَيْس (as-suways)
• بَنِي سُوَيْف (banī suwayf)
• بُورْسَعِيد (būrsaʕīd)
• جَنُوب سِينَاء (janūb sīnāʔ)
• دُمْيَاط (dumyāṭ)
• سَوْهَاج (sawhāj)
• شَمَال سِينَاء (šamāl sīnāʔ)
• قِنَا (qinā)
• كَفْر الشَيْخ (kafr aš-šayḵ)
• مَطْرُوح (maṭrūḥ)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [al.qɑːheɾɑ]

Proper noun

القاهرة • (al-qahera) f

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

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)