Nazareth

English

Etymology

Via Latin and Koine Greek from Hebrew נָצְרַת‎‏‎ (natsrát), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæzəɹəθ/

Proper noun

Nazareth

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

Related terms

• Nazarene

Translations

Nazareth

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

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܨܪܬ‎

• Armenian: Նազարեթ (Nazaretʿ)
• Catalan: Natzaret (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拿撒勒 (zh) (Násālè)

• Czech: Nazaret (cs) m
• Estonian: Naatsaret
• Finnish: Nasaret (fi)
• French: Nazareth (fr) m
• Galician: Nazaret (gl)
• German: Nazareth (de) n, Nazaret n
• Greek: Ναζαρέτ (el) f (Nazarét)
• Hebrew: נָצְרַת‎ (Natz'rat)
• Hungarian: Názáret (hu)

• Irish: Nazarat m, Nasaireit f
• 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

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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette