فلسطین

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Ottoman Turkish

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فلسطین

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn), itself from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē).

Proper noun

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فلسطین (felestin)

  1. Palestine (The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)
  2. Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: Filistin

Further reading

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  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فلسطین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 909
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Palæstina”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[2], Vienna, column 1234
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “فلسطین”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[3], Vienna, column 3545
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “فلسطین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1395

Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? falastīn
Dari reading? falastīn
Iranian reading? felestin
Tajik reading? falastin

Proper noun

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Dari فلسطین
Iranian Persian
Tajik Фаластин

فلسطین (felestin)

  1. Palestine (The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)
  2. Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)
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Urdu

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Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn), likely influenced by Classical Persian فلسطین (falastīn). Compare Punjabi فَلَسْطِین (falast̤īn).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɪ.lɪs.t̪iːn/
  • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːn
  • Hyphenation: فِ‧لِسْ‧طِین

Proper noun

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فِلِسْطِین (filistīnm (Hindi spelling फ़िलिस्तीन)

  1. Palestine (The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)
  2. Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)

See also

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