طرابلس

Arabic

Alternative forms

• أَطْرَابُلُس (ʔaṭrābulus) (Medieval Arabic)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤa.raː.bu.lus/

• Audio

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  • (dialectal) IPA^(key): [ˈtˤraːblʊs]

Proper noun

طَرَابُلُس • (ṭarābulus) f

1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

   Synonym: طَرَابُلُس الغَرْب (ṭarābulus al-ḡarb)

1. Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)

   Synonym: طَرَابُلُس الشَّام (ṭarābulus aš-šām)

Declension

Declension of noun طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	طَرَابُلُس ṭarābulus	—
Nominative	—	طَرَابُلُسُ ṭarābulusu	—
Accusative	—	طَرَابُلُسَ ṭarābulusa	—
Genitive	—	طَرَابُلُسَ ṭarābulusa	—

Derived terms

• طَرَابُلْسِيّ (ṭarābulsiyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Tərabülüs
• → Hausa: Tarabulus
• → Ottoman Turkish: طرابلس (tarabülüs)
• → Persian: طرابلس (tarâbolos)
• → Urdu: طرابلس (tarābulus)
• → Uzbek: Tarobulus

Libyan Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Western Libya)

  (file)

Proper noun

طرابلس (Ṭrābləs)

1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic طَرَابُلُس (Ṭarābulus), ultimately from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from Ancient Greek τρῐ- (tri-, “tri-: three”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of تیره‌بولی.

Proper noun

طرابلس • (Tarabülüs)

1. Synonym of طرابلس شام (Tarabülüs-i Şam), Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)
2. Synonym of طرابلس غرب (Tarabülüs-i Garb), Tripoli (the capital of Libya)

Descendants

• Turkish: Trablus

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طرابلس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1234

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus), from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.ɾɑː.βu.lus]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.bʊ.lʊs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.bʊ.lʊs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.bʊ.lʊs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔː.bu.lus]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹɒː.bo.los]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔ.bu.lus]

Readings
Classical reading?	tarāḇulus
Dari reading?	tarābulus
Iranian reading?	tarâbolos
Tajik reading?	tarobulus

Dari	طرابلس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Таробулус

Proper noun

طرابلس • (tarâbolos)

1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

1. Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus), from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾɑː.bʊ.lʊs/

Proper noun

طَرابُلُس • (tarābulus) m (Hindi spelling तराबुलुस)

1. Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)

1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)