طرابلس شام
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic طَرَابُلُس الشَّام (ṭarābulus aš-šām, literally “Tripoli of Syria”), as opposed to طَرَابُلُس الغَرْب (ṭarābulus al-ḡarb, literally “Tripoli of the West”) (whence Ottoman Turkish طرابلس غرب (tarâbülüs-i garb)).
Proper noun[edit]
طرابلس شام • (tarâbülüs-i şâm)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: Trablusşam