دمشق

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.maʃq/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): [dɪ.maʃɡ], [dɪ.maʃq]

Proper noun

دِمَشْق • (dimašq) f

1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)

   Synonym: الشَّام (aš-šām)

   دِمَشْق القَدِيمَة ― dimašq al-qadīma ― Old Damascus

Declension

Declension of noun دِمَشْق (dimašq)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	دِمَشْق dimašq	—
nominative	—	دِمَشْقُ dimašqu	—
accusative	—	دِمَشْقَ dimašqa	—
genitive	—	دِمَشْقَ dimašqa	—

Derived terms

• دِمَشْقِيّ (dimašqiyy, “Damascene”)

Further reading

• دمشق on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).

Proper noun

دمشق • (Dimişk)

1. synonym of شام: Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)

Descendants

• Turkish: Dimişk, Dimaşk

Further reading

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856), “Damas”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 146
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دمشق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 915
• Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Dimişk”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 217

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /da.ˈmiʃq/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.mɪ́ʃq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.mɪ́ʃq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.mɪ́ʃq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.míʃq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.méʃɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪i.míʃq]

Readings
Classical reading?	damišq
Dari reading?	damišq
Iranian reading?	damešġ
Tajik reading?	dimišq

Proper noun

دمشق • (damišq / damešġ) (Tajik spelling Димишқ)

1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.maʃq/, [dɪˈmaʃq]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Proper noun

دمشق • (dimašq) f

1. (formal) Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)

   Synonym: الشام (iš-šām)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دمشق (damišq), from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.mɪʃq/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃq
• Hyphenation: دَ‧مِشْق

Proper noun

دَمِشْق • (damiśq) m (Hindi spelling दमिश्क़)

1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)