بيروت

See also: بیروت

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt). Doublet of بِئْر (biʔr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj.ruːt/

Proper noun

بَيْرُوت • (bayrūt) f

1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)

Declension

Declension of noun بَيْرُوت (bayrūt)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	بَيْرُوت bayrūt	—
nominative	—	بَيْرُوتُ bayrūtu	—
accusative	—	بَيْرُوتَ bayrūta	—
genitive	—	بَيْرُوتَ bayrūta	—

Derived terms

• بَيْرُوتِيّ (bayrūtiyy)

Descendants

• Cypriot Arabic: Verút
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܝܪܘܼܬ (bayrūt)
• → Azerbaijani: Beyrut
• → Bashkir: Бәйрүт (Bəyrüt)
• → Classical Persian: بَیْرُوت (bayrūt)

  Dari: بَیْرُوت (bayrūt)

  Iranian Persian: بِیروت (beyrut)

  Tajik: Байрут (Bayrut)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बैरूत (bairūt)

  Urdu: بَیرُوت (bairūt)

• → Marathi: बैरूत (bairūt)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بیروت (beyrût)
  • Turkish: Beyrut
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬੈਰੂਤ (bairūt)

  Shahmukhi script: بَیرُوت (bairūt)

• → Sindhi: بيروت (berot)
• → Tatar: Бәйрут (Bäyrut)
• → Uyghur: بەيرۇت (beyrut)
• → Uzbek: Bayrut

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “بيروت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt)bor.

Arabic بَيْرُوت (bayrūt)

North Levantine Arabic بيروت

Inherited from Arabic بَيْرُوت (bayrūt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bejˈruːt/

Proper noun

بيروت • (beyrūt) f

1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْرُوت (bayrūt).

Proper noun

بيروت • (berot) ?

1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt)bor.

Arabic بَيْرُوت (bayrūt)

South Levantine Arabic بيروت

Inherited from Arabic بَيْرُوت (bayrūt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bej.ruːt/, [bejˈruːt]

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Proper noun

بيروت • (beyrūt) f

1. Beirut (the capital city of Lebanon)