دمشق

Arabic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.maʃq/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): [dɪ.maʃɡ], [dɪ.maʃq]

Proper noun

دِمَشْق • (dimašq) f

  1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria)
    Synonym: الشَّام (aš-šām)
    دِمَشْق القَدِيمَة ― dimašq al-qadīma ― Old Damascus

Declension
Declension of noun دِمَشْق (dimašq)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — دِمَشْق
dimašq		 —
Nominative — دِمَشْقُ
dimašqu		 —
Accusative — دِمَشْقَ
dimašqa		 —
Genitive — دِمَشْقَ
dimašqa		 —

Derived terms

Further reading

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).

Proper noun

دمشق • (Dimişk)

  1. Synonym of شام, Damascus (the capital of Syria)

Descendants
  • Turkish: Dimişk, Dimaşk

References
  • Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Damas”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 146
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دمشق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 915
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Dimişk”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 217

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.mɪ́ʃq]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ä.mɪ́ʃq]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪ä.míʃq]

Readings
Classical reading? damišq
Dari reading? damišq
Iranian reading? damešğ
Tajik reading? dimišq

Proper noun
Dari دمشق
Iranian Persian
Tajik Димишқ

دمشق • (damešq)

  1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.maʃq/, [dɪˈmaʃq]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Proper noun

دمشق • (dimašq) f

  1. (formal) Damascus (the capital city of Syria)
    Synonym: الشام (iš-šām)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دمشق (damišq), from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ə.mɪʃq/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃq
  • Hyphenation: دَ‧مِشْق

Proper noun

دَمِشْق • (damiśq) m (Hindi spelling दमिश्क़)

  1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria)
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