لاذقیه

See also: لاذقیہ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• لازقیه (lâzıkiyye, lazkiye)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللَّاذِقِيَّة (al-lāḏiqiyya), from Ancient Greek Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia), from Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē) + -εια (-eia), the name of numerous Hellenistic cities, generally named after one of many women by the name of Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē).

Proper noun

لاذقیه • (lâzıkiyye, lazkiye)

1. Latakia (a port city in western Syria)

Derived terms

• لاذقیه‌لی (lâzıkiyyeli, lazkiyeli)

Descendants

• Turkish: Lazkiye

Further reading

• Şemseddin Sami (1896), “لاذقیه”, in Kâmûsü'l-A'lâm (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 5, Constantinople: Mihran, page 764

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اللَّاذِقِيَّة (al-lāḏiqiyya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /laː.di.qij.ˈja/, /laː.zi.qij.ˈja/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.zɪ.qi.jä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lɑː.zɪ.qi.jä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lɑː.zɪ.qi.jä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lɔː.zi.qi.jä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lɒː.ze.ʁi.je]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lɔ.zi.qi.jä]

Readings
Classical reading?	lādiqiyya, lāziqiyya
Dari reading?	lāziqiya
Iranian reading?	lâzeġiye
Tajik reading?	loziqiya

Proper noun

لاذقیه • (lāziqiyya / lâzeġiye) (Tajik spelling Лозиқия)

1. Latakia (a city in Syria)

Descendants

• Dari: لَاذِقِیَه (lāziqiya)
• Iranian Persian: لَاذِقِیِّه (lâzeġiyye)
• Tajik: Лозиқия (Loziqiya)