Jerusalem

See also: Jérusalem, Jerúsalem, and Jerusalém

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Late Latin Ierusalem, Hierusalem, from Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalḗm), from Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim), from Western Semitic Urušalimmi (attested in Ancient Egyptian as [script?]), a compound of Semitic *uru "house, town" and *salim, which meant either "peace" or "Shalim, Canaanite goddess of twilight".

Pronunciation

• enPR: jə-ro͞o'sə-ləm, jə-ro͞o'zə-ləm, IPA^(key): /dʒəˈruːsələm/, /dʒəˈruːzələm/

Proper noun

Jerusalem (plural Jerusalems)

1. The city located on in the Judean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea which is holy to Judaism (Temple of Solomon and the capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judea), Christianity (Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection), and Islam (Muhammad’s ascension to heaven).

Meronyms

• East Jerusalem (EJ), East al-Quds
• West Jerusalem (WJ)

Synonyms

• al-Quds (chiefly in Islamic or Arabic contexts)
• Hierosolyma (chiefly in reference to the ancient Roman-era city)

Derived terms

• Jerusalem artichoke (by folk etymology)
• Jerusalem cherry
• Jerusalemite
• East Jerusalemite
• Jerusalem oak
• Jerusalem sage
• Jerusalem thorn

Translations

city

• Afrikaans: Jerusalem
• Albanian: Jeruzalemi
• Amharic: እየሩሳሌም (ʾəyärusalem)
• Arabic: القدس f (al-quds) (the name which is commonly used by Muslims), أورشليم f (ʾūrušalīm) (the Arabic name which is official in Israel), بيت المقدس m (bayt al-muqaddas, bayt al-maqdis)
• Aragonese: Cherusalén
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܐܘܪܫܠܡ (’Ūrišlem)

  Hebrew: אורשלם (’Ūrišlem)

• Armenian: Երուսաղեմ (Erusałem)

  Old Armenian: Երուսաղէմ (Erusałēm)

• Asturian: Xerusalén
• Avar: Байтул Макъдис (Bajtul Maq̇̄dis)
• Azeri: Qüds
• Basque: Jerusalem
• Belarusian: Ерусалі́м m (Jerusalím)
• Bengali: জেরুসালেম (jerusalem)
• Bulgarian: Йерусали́м m (Jerusalím)
• Burmese: ဂျေရုဆလင်မြို့ (gyeru.hca.langmrui.)
• Catalan: Jerusalem (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耶路撒冷 (zh) (Yēlùsālěng)

• Crimean Tatar: Qudus
• Czech: Jeruzalém (cs) m
• Danish: Jerusalem
• Dhivehi: އޫރުޝަލީމް (ūrušalīm), ޤުދުސް (qudus)
• Dutch: Jeruzalem
• Esperanto: Jerusalemo
• Estonian: Jeruusalemm
• Fijian: Jerusalemi
• Finnish: Jerusalem (fi)
• French: Jérusalem (fr)
• Galician: Xerusalén (gl)
• Georgian: იერუსალიმი (ierusalimi)
• German: Jerusalem (de)
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌰 (iairusaulwma)
• Greek: Ιεροσόλυμα (el) n pl (Ierosólyma)
• Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (he) (yerushaláyim)
• Hindi: यरुशलम (yaruśalam), येरुशलम (yēruśalam), अल-क़ुद्स (al-quds)
• Hungarian: Jeruzsálem (hu)
• Icelandic: Jerúsalem
• Ido: Jerusalem (io)
• Indonesian: Yerusalem
• Interlingua: Jerusalem
• Irish: Iarúsailéim
• Italian: Gerusalemme f
• Japanese: エルサレム (Erusaremu), イェルサレム (Yerusaremu)
• Javanese: Yerusalem
• Kannada: ಜೆರುಸಲೆಂ (jerusalem)
• Kazakh: Иерусалим (Ïyerwsalïm), Құдіс (Qudis)
• Khmer: ហ្សេរុយសាឡឹម (zeruysāḷʉm)
• Korean: 예루살렘 (ko) (Yerusalem)

• Kyrgyz: Иерусалим (Iyerusalim)
• Ladino: Yerushalayim
• Latin: Hierosolyma f, Hierusalem n
• Latvian: Jeruzāleme
• Lithuanian: Jeruzalė
• Luxembourgish: Jerusalem
• Macedonian: Еру́салим m (Erúsalim)
• Malay: Baitulmuqaddis, Baitulmaqdis, Jerusalem
• Malayalam: ജെറുസലേം (jeṟausalēm)
• Maltese: Ġerusalemm m
• Mongolian: Иерусалим (Ijerusalim)
• Navajo: Jííwoosalem
• Norwegian: Jerusalem (no)
• Old French: Ierusalem
• Old Norse: Jórsalir m pl, Jórsalaborg f
• Pashto: قدس (Quds), بيت المقدس (ps) (Baytu l-Muqadas), يروشلم (Yarūšalim)
• Persian: اورشلیم (fa) (oršalim), قدس (fa) (qods), بیت‌المقدس (fa) (beyt-ol-moqaddas)
• Polish: Jerozolima (pl)
• Portuguese: Jerusalém (pt) f
• Romanian: Ierusalim (ro)
• Russian: Иерусали́м (ru) m (Ijerusalím), Аль-Ку́дс m (Alʹ-Kúds) (rare, chiefly used by Muslims)
• Samoan: Ierusalema
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јерусалим m

  Roman: Jerusalim m

• Sicilian: Girusalemmi
• Sinhalese: ජෙරුසලම (jerusalama)
• Slovak: Jeruzalem
• Slovene: Jerúzalem m
• Somali: Qudus
• Spanish: Jerusalén (es)
• Swahili: Yerusalemu
• Swedish: Jerusalem (sv)
• Tagalog: Jerusalem
• Tajik: Уршалим (Uršalim), Қуддус (Quddus), Байтулмуқаддас (Baytulmuqaddas)
• Tamil: எருசலேம் (erucalēm)
• Tatar: Коддес (Qoddes)
• Telugu: జెరూసలేం (jerūsalēm)
• Thai: เยรูซาเลม (Yērūsālēm)
• Tibetan: ཇེ་རུ་ས་ལེམ། (je ru sa lem)
• Turkish: Kudüs (tr), Kudsişerif, Yeruşalim
• Turkmen: Iýerusalim
• Ukrainian: Єрусали́м m (Jerusalým)
• Urdu: یوروشلم (Yurušalem), یروشلم (Yarušalem)
• Uyghur: يېرۇسالېم (yërusalëm), يېرۇسالېم (yërusalëm), قۇددۇس (quddus)
• Uzbek: Quddus
• Vietnamese: Jerusalem, Giê-ru-da-lem
• Walloon: Djeruzalem (wa)
• Welsh: Jeriwsalem
• Yiddish: ירושלים n (yerushaláyim)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈʀuːzalɛm/

Proper noun

Jerusalem n (genitive Jerusalems)

1. Jerusalem

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Swedish

Proper noun

Jerusalem

1. Jerusalem

See also

• Jorsala