ܓܙܐܝܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܓܙܐܝܪ

ܐܬܐ ܕܓܙܐܝܪ

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر‎ (al-jazāʔir, literally “the islands”)

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): [ɡa.zɑːʔirː]
(Urmian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.zɑːjirː]

Proper noun

ܓܲܙܵܐܝܼܪ • (gazzāˀīr) f

Algeria (a country in north Africa; official name: People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria)
Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

Derived terms

ܓܲܙܵܐܝܼܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (gazzāˀīrāyā, “Algerian”)

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