Khartoum

English

Etymology

Possibly from Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm, “elephant trunk”), but more likely from Arabic قُرْطُم (qurṭum, “safflower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑː(ɹ)ˈtuːm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːm

Proper noun

Khartoum

2. The capital city of Sudan.
   • 2025 March 27, Nimi Princewill, “Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 July 2025:

     But while the capture of Khartoum marks an important moment in the conflict, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deeply embedded elsewhere in Sudan and attempting to form a parallel government, analysts warn there is little likelihood of a swift resolution to the war.

Derived terms

• Khartoum North
• Khartoumer
• Khartoumian

Translations

capital of Sudan

• Afrikaans: Kartoem, Khartoem
• Albanian: Kartumi m
• Amharic: ካርቱም (kartum)
• Arabic: الْخُرْطُوم (ar) f (al-ḵurṭūm)
• Armenian: Խարթում (hy) (Xartʻum)
• Asturian: Ḥartum
• Azerbaijani: Xartum (az)
• Belarusian: Харту́м m (Xartúm)
• Bengali: খার্তুম (bn) (khartum)
• Bulgarian: Харту́м m (Hartúm)
• Burmese: ခါတွမ်းမြို့ (hka-twam:mrui.)
• Catalan: Khartum m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喀土穆 (zh) (Kātǔmù)

• Coptic: Ϧⲁⲣⲑⲱⲙ (Xarthōm), ⲡⲓ-Ϧⲁⲣⲑⲱⲙ (pi-Xarthōm), Ⲡⲓϧⲁⲣⲑⲱⲙ (Pixarthōm)
• Czech: Chartúm (cs) m
• Danish: Khartoum n
• Dinka: Kartum, Kaartuɔ̈m
• Dutch: Khartoem (nl) n, Chartoem n
• Esperanto: Ĥartumo
• Estonian: Hartum (et)
• Farefare: Kartum
• Finnish: Khartum (fi)
• French: Khartoum (fr) f
• Fur: Ka̱rtʉ̂m
• Galician: Khartún (gl) m
• Georgian: ხარტუმი (xarṭumi)
• German: Khartum (de) n
• Greek: Χαρτούμ (el) (Chartoúm)
• Hebrew: חַ׳רְטוּם f (h'artum), חֻ׳רטוּם f (h'urtum)
• Hindi: ख़ार्तूम m (xārtūm), खार्तूम m (khārtūm)
• Hungarian: Kartúm (hu)
• Icelandic: Kartúm, Kartúm
• Ido: Khartoum
• Indonesian: Khartoum
• Irish: Cartúm m
• Italian: Khartum f
• Japanese: ハルツーム (ja) (Harutsūmu)
• Kazakh: Хартум (Xartum)
• Khmer: ខាទុំ (km) (khaatum)
• Korean: 하르툼 (Hareutum)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Xertûm (ku), Xartûm

• Kyrgyz: Хартум (Hartum)
• Latvian: Hartūma f
• Lithuanian: Chartumas m
• Macedonian: Картум m (Kartum)
• Malay: Khartoum
• Malayalam: ഖാർത്തൂം (khāṟttūṁ)
• Maltese: Kartum m
• Marathi: खार्तूम n (khārtūm)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Хартум (Xartum)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Khartoum

  Nynorsk: Khartoum

• Ossetian: Хартум (Xartum)
• Pashto: خرطوم (ps) m (xartum)
• Persian: خارطوم (xârtum), خرطوم (fa) (xartum, xortum)
• Polish: Chartum (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cartum (pt)
• Romanian: Khartoum (ro)
• Russian: Харту́м (ru) m (Xartúm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Картум m

  Latin: Kartum m

• Silesian: Chartům m
• Slovak: Chartúm m
• Slovene: Kartum (sl) m
• Spanish: Jartum (es) m
• Swahili: Khartoum
• Swedish: Khartoum (sv) n
• Tajik: Хартум (Xartum)
• Tamil: கார்த்தூம் (kārttūm)
• Tatar: Хартум (Xartum)
• Thai: คาร์ทูม (kaa-tuum)
• Tibetan: ཁར་ཏུམ (khar tum)
• Turkish: Hartum

  Ottoman Turkish: خرطوم (hartum)

• Turkmen: Hartum
• Ukrainian: Харту́м m (Xartúm)
• Urdu: خرطوم (xartūm)
• Uyghur: خارتۇم (xartum)
• Uzbek: Xartum
• Vietnamese: Khắc-tum
• Welsh: Khartoum
• Yiddish: כאַרטום n (khartum)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Khartoum f

1. alternative spelling of Cartum