Maveraünnehir

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Turkish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ماوراءالنهر (maveraünnehir, “Transoxiana”),[1] from Arabic مَا وَرَاءَ النَهْر (mā warāʔa n-nahr, literally “beyond the river”).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maː.ve.ɾaːˈyn.ne.hiɾ/
  • Hyphenation: me‧ve‧ra‧ün‧ne‧hir

Proper noun[edit]

Maveraünnehir

  1. Transoxiana

References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماوراءالنهر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “maveraünnehir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading[edit]

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