Nazareth

English

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Hebrew נֵ֫צֶר (netzer, "branch") or נָצַר (netzar, "to guard")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæzəɹəθ/

Proper noun

Nazareth

1. An ancient town in the Middle East, today in the state of Israel.

Derived terms

• Nazarene

Translations

Nazareth

• Arabic: اَلنَّاصِرَة‏‎ (an-nāṣira)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܨܪܬ‏‎

• Armenian: Նազարեթ (Nazaretʿ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拿撒勒 (zh) (Násālè)

• Czech: Nazaret m
• Finnish: Nasaret (fi)
• French: Nazareth (fr) m
• German: Nazaret n
• Greek: Ναζαρέτ (el) f (Nazarét)
• Hebrew: נָצְרַת‏‎ (Natz'rat)
• Hungarian: Názáret (hu)
• Irish: Nazarat m
• Italian: Nazaret

• Japanese: ナザレ (Nazare)
• Latin: Nāzara f, Nāzareth f
• Lithuanian: Nazaretas m
• Macedonian: Назарет m (Názaret)
• Malay: Nazaret (Christianity)
• Maltese: Nazzarett
• Manx: Nasair
• Navajo: Názareth
• Ngazidja Comorian: Nazareti
• Polish: Nazaret (pl) m
• Portuguese: Nazaré (pt)
• Russian: Назаре́т (ru) m (Nazarét)
• Spanish: Nazaret (es)
• Swedish: Nasaret

See also

The Hebrew term for Christianity נצרות (natsrut) is derived from the name Nazareth, due to its significance as the place of Jesus’ childhood.

Further reading

• Nazareth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Νᾱζᾰρέθ (Nāzaréth, “Nazareth”), probably from the Hebrew נָצְרַת‎‏ (Natz'rat).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.za.retʰ/, [ˈnaː.za.rɛtʰ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.za.ret/, [ˈnaː.d͡za.ret]

Proper noun

Nāzareth f (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of Nāzara

References

• Nāzăreth in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Nazareth” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)