Aleppo

English

Etymology

From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of uncertain origin. Theorized to be from Arabic حَلَبَ (ḥalaba, “gave out milk”), coming from the ancient tradition that Abraham gave milk to travelers as they moved throughout the region. Attested in Akkadian as 𒄩𒆷𒁍 (Ḥalab, Ḥalap), Hittite 𒄬𒉺 (Ḥalpa), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎁 (Ḥlb), Aramaic חלב (Ḥlb), Old Armenian Խաղաբ (Xałab), Greek Χαλιβών (Chalivón), and Classical Syriac ܚܰܠܰܒ (Ḥalpa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɛpəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /əˈlɛpoʊ/

Proper noun

Aleppo

1. A city in Syria, capital of the Aleppo Governorate.

   Synonyms: Alep, Halab

Derived terms

• Aleppine

Related terms

• Beroea

Translations

city in Syria

• Arabic: حَلَب f (ḥalab)
• Armenian: Հալեպ (Halep)

  Old Armenian: Խաղաբ (Xałab)

• Avar: Хӏалаб (Ḥʳalab)
• Azerbaijani: Hələb (az)
• Bulgarian: Ха̀леб (Hàleb)
• Catalan: Alep
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿勒頗／阿勒颇 (zh) (Ālèpō), 阿勒颇 (zh) (Ālèpō)

• Finnish: Aleppo (fi)
• French: Alep (fr) m
• Georgian: ალეპო (aleṗo)
• German: Aleppo (de)
• Greek: Χαλέπι (Chalépi)
• Hebrew: חלב (he)
• Hindi: हलब (hi) (halab), अलेप्पो (aleppo)
• Italian: Aleppo (it)
• Japanese: アレッポ (Areppo)
• Korean: 알레포 (Allepo)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

  Sorani: حەلەب (heleb)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Halapia f, Beroea f
• Marathi: अलेप्पो (aleppo)
• Persian: حلب (fa) (halab)
• Polish: Aleppo (pl) n
• Portuguese: Alepo f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਹਲਬ (halab)

  Shahmukhi: حلب (halab)

• Romanian: Alep
• Russian: Але́ппо (ru) m (Aléppo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алеп m

  Roman: Alep m

• Spanish: Alepo (es) m
• Turkish: Halep (tr)
• Ukrainian: Але́ппо m (Aléppo)
• Urdu: حلب (halab)
• Uyghur: ھەلەپ (helep)
• Uzbek: Halab

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German

Etymology

From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɛpo/
• Hyphenation: Alep‧po

Proper noun

Aleppo n (proper noun, strong, genitive Aleppos)

1. Aleppo (a city in Syria)

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Italian

Etymology

From French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlep.po/, [äˈl̺e̞ppo]
• Rhymes: -eppo
• Hyphenation: A‧lép‧po

Proper noun

Aleppo f

1. Aleppo (a city in Syria)

Derived terms

• aleppino

Descendants

• → English: Aleppo
• → German: Aleppo

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Portuguese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlɛpu/
• IPA^(key): /ɐˈlɛpu/

Proper noun

Aleppo f

1. Alternative spelling of Alepo