Cezayir

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɛ.zɑː.jiɾ]

Proper noun

Cezayir

1. Algeria (country)
2. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

Declension

Declension of Cezayir

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	Cezayir	-
definite accusative (belirtme)	Cezayir'i	-
dative (yönelme)	Cezayir'e	-
locative (bulunma)	Cezayir'de	-
ablative (ayrılma)	Cezayir'den	-
genitive (tamlayan)	Cezayir'in	-

Derived terms

• Cezayirli