巴比倫

/pä⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ən³⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ lɵn²¹/

/pa⁵⁵⁻²¹ pi³³⁻²¹ l̃uŋ⁵³/

/pa⁵³³⁻¹¹ pi⁴⁵³⁻¹³ lɔŋ¹³/

ba¹ bi³ luong² [Phonetic:ba⁵ bi¹ luong²]

/pa⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ pi³³²⁻⁵⁵ luoŋ²⁴/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun²⁴/

/pa³³ pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lun²⁴/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun¹³/

/pa⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun²⁴/

/pa⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lun²³/

/pa³³⁻²³ pi⁵²⁻³⁵ luŋ⁵⁵/

/pä⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ən³⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ pei̯³⁵ lɵn²¹/

/pa⁵⁵⁻²¹ pi³³⁻²¹ l̃uŋ⁵³/

/pa⁵³³⁻¹¹ pi⁴⁵³⁻¹³ lɔŋ¹³/

/pa⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ pi³³²⁻⁵⁵ luoŋ²⁴/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun²⁴/

/pa³³ pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lun²⁴/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun¹³/

/pa⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun²⁴/

/pa⁴⁴⁻³³ pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lun²³/

/pa³³⁻²³ pi⁵²⁻³⁵ luŋ⁵⁵/


兩河流域

ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩˋ

ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄩˋ

/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ y⁵¹/

/lœːŋ¹³ hɔː²¹ lɐu̯²¹ wɪk̚²/

/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ y⁵¹/

/lœːŋ¹³ hɔː²¹ lɐu̯²¹ wɪk̚²/

(historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)


蘇美爾

/su⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/su⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)


亞述

/jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/

/jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/

/aː³³ sɵt̚²/

/a³³⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾luʔ⁵/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² sut̚⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² sut̚¹²¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ sut̚⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ sut̚⁴/

/jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/

/jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/

/aː³³ sɵt̚²/

/a³³⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾luʔ⁵/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² sut̚⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² sut̚¹²¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ sut̚⁴/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ sut̚⁴/

(historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))


Kurdystan

Kurdystan (nominative singular)
Kurdystanu (genitive singular)
Kurdystanowi (dative singular)
Kurdystan (accusative singular)
Kurdystanem (instrumental singular)
Kurdystanie (locative singular)
Kurdystanie (singular vocative)

Kurdistan (a cultural region in Western Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)

(by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)


Βαβυλώνα

head

Βαβυλώνα • (Vavylóna) f

el-noun-proper

Βαβυλώνα • (Vavylóna) f

Vavylóna (romanization)
Βαβυλώνα (nominative singular)
Βαβυλώνας (genitive singular)
Βαβυλώνα (accusative singular)
Βαβυλώνα (singular vocative)

(historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)


烏爾

/u⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/u⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Tell el-Muqayyar
Tell el-Muqayyar#English

Ur (ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar)


Bagadaza

[bə̀.ɡə̀.dáː.zə̀]


シュメール

Via English Sumer, ultimately from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru).


כורדיסטן

he-proper noun

כּוּרְדִּיסְטָן

כּוּרְדִּיסְטָן • (kurdistan) m

כּוּרְדִּיסְטָן (canonical)
kurdistan (romanization)


Մոսուլ

head

Մոսուլ • (Mosul)

hy-proper noun

Մոսուլ • (Mosul)

Mosul (romanization)
Մոսուլ (nominative singular singular-only)
Մոսուլի (dative singular singular-only)
Մոսուլից (ablative singular singular-only)
Մոսուլով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Մոսուլում (locative singular singular-only)
Մոսուլը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Մոսուլն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Մոսուլին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Մոսուլս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Մոսուլիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Մոսուլիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Մոսուլովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Մոսուլումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Մոսուլդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Մոսուլիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Մոսուլիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Մոսուլովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Մոսուլումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Մոսուլը / Մոսուլն

Մոսուլները / Մոսուլներն

Մոսուլներում

Մոսուլներիցս

Մոսուլներովս

Մոսուլներումս

Մոսուլներիցդ

Մոսուլներովդ

Մոսուլներումդ

Mosul (the capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq)


庫爾德斯坦

ㄎㄨˋ ㄦˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ

ㄎㄨˋ ㄦˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ

Куэрдэсытань

/kʰu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fuː³³ jiː¹³ tɐk̚⁵ siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/

/fuː³³ jiː¹³ tɐk̚⁵ siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/


庫德斯坦

ㄎㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ

ㄎㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄙ ㄊㄢˇ

/kʰu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fuː³³ tɐk̚⁵ siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/

/kʰu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fuː³³ tɐk̚⁵ siː⁵⁵ tʰaːn³⁵/


Kaldea

Kaldea (nominative singular)
Kaldea (accusative nominative singular)
Kaldean (accusative genitive singular)
Kaldean (genitive singular)
Kaldeaa (partitive singular)
Kaldeassa (inessive singular)
Kaldeasta (elative singular)
Kaldeaan (illative singular)
Kaldealla (adessive singular)
Kaldealta (ablative singular)
Kaldealle (allative singular)
Kaldeana (essive singular)
Kaldeaksi (singular translative)
Kaldeatta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Kaldeani (nominative singular)
Kaldeani (accusative nominative singular)
Kaldeani (accusative genitive singular)
Kaldeani (genitive singular)
Kaldeaani (partitive singular)
Kaldeassani (inessive singular)
Kaldeastani (elative singular)
Kaldeaani (illative singular)
Kaldeallani (adessive singular)
Kaldealtani (ablative singular)
Kaldealleni (allative singular)
Kaldeanani (essive singular)
Kaldeakseni (singular translative)
Kaldeattani (abessive singular)
Kaldeasi (nominative singular)
Kaldeasi (accusative nominative singular)
Kaldeasi (accusative genitive singular)
Kaldeasi (genitive singular)
Kaldeaasi (partitive singular)
Kaldeassasi (inessive singular)
Kaldeastasi (elative singular)
Kaldeaasi (illative singular)
Kaldeallasi (adessive singular)
Kaldealtasi (ablative singular)
Kaldeallesi (allative singular)
Kaldeanasi (essive singular)
Kaldeaksesi (singular translative)
Kaldeattasi (abessive singular)
Kaldeamme (nominative singular)
Kaldeamme (accusative nominative singular)
Kaldeamme (accusative genitive singular)
Kaldeamme (genitive singular)
Kaldeaamme (partitive singular)
Kaldeassamme (inessive singular)
Kaldeastamme (elative singular)
Kaldeaamme (illative singular)
Kaldeallamme (adessive singular)
Kaldealtamme (ablative singular)
Kaldeallemme (allative singular)
Kaldeanamme (essive singular)
Kaldeaksemme (singular translative)
Kaldeattamme (abessive singular)
Kaldeanne (nominative singular)
Kaldeanne (accusative nominative singular)
Kaldeanne (accusative genitive singular)
Kaldeanne (genitive singular)
Kaldeaanne (partitive singular)
Kaldeassanne (inessive singular)
Kaldeastanne (elative singular)
Kaldeaanne (illative singular)
Kaldeallanne (adessive singular)
Kaldealtanne (ablative singular)
Kaldeallenne (allative singular)
Kaldeananne (essive singular)
Kaldeaksenne (singular translative)
Kaldeattanne (abessive singular)
Kaldeansa (nominative singular)
Kaldeansa (accusative nominative singular)
Kaldeansa (accusative genitive singular)
Kaldeansa (genitive singular)
Kaldeaansa (partitive singular)
Kaldeassaan (inessive singular)
Kaldeassansa (inessive singular)
Kaldeastaan (elative singular)
Kaldeastansa (elative singular)
Kaldeaansa (illative singular)
Kaldeallaan (adessive singular)
Kaldeallansa (adessive singular)
Kaldealtaan (ablative singular)
Kaldealtansa (ablative singular)
Kaldealleen (allative singular)
Kaldeallensa (allative singular)
Kaldeanaan (essive singular)
Kaldeanansa (essive singular)
Kaldeakseen (singular translative)
Kaldeaksensa (singular translative)
Kaldeattaan (abessive singular)
Kaldeattansa (abessive singular)

[ˈkɑ̝lde̞ɑ̝]

(historical) Chaldea (an ancient geographic region of Western Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain)


sꜣngꜣr

Aa18*Z1:n-g-A-r m. (canonical toponymic)
f. (canonical toponymic)

Babylonia (an ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran)


hedelmällinen puolikuu

hedelmällinen puolikuu (nominative singular)
hedelmällinen puolikuu (accusative nominative singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuun (accusative genitive singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuun (genitive singular)
hedelmällistä puolikuuta (partitive singular)
hedelmällisessä puolikuussa (inessive singular)
hedelmällisestä puolikuusta (elative singular)
hedelmälliseen puolikuuhun (illative singular)
hedelmällisellä puolikuulla (adessive singular)
hedelmälliseltä puolikuulta (ablative singular)
hedelmälliselle puolikuulle (allative singular)
hedelmällisenä puolikuuna (essive singular)
hedelmälliseksi puolikuuksi (singular translative)
hedelmällisettä puolikuutta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
hedelmällinen puolikuuni (nominative singular)
hedelmällinen puolikuuni (accusative nominative singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuuni (accusative genitive singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuuni (genitive singular)
hedelmällistä puolikuutani (partitive singular)
hedelmällisessä puolikuussani (inessive singular)
hedelmällisestä puolikuustani (elative singular)
hedelmälliseen puolikuuhuni (illative singular)
hedelmällisellä puolikuullani (adessive singular)
hedelmälliseltä puolikuultani (ablative singular)
hedelmälliselle puolikuulleni (allative singular)
hedelmällisenä puolikuunani (essive singular)
hedelmälliseksi puolikuukseni (singular translative)
hedelmällisettä puolikuuttani (abessive singular)
hedelmällinen puolikuusi (nominative singular)
hedelmällinen puolikuusi (accusative nominative singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuusi (accusative genitive singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuusi (genitive singular)
hedelmällistä puolikuutasi (partitive singular)
hedelmällisessä puolikuussasi (inessive singular)
hedelmällisestä puolikuustasi (elative singular)
hedelmälliseen puolikuuhusi (illative singular)
hedelmällisellä puolikuullasi (adessive singular)
hedelmälliseltä puolikuultasi (ablative singular)
hedelmälliselle puolikuullesi (allative singular)
hedelmällisenä puolikuunasi (essive singular)
hedelmälliseksi puolikuuksesi (singular translative)
hedelmällisettä puolikuuttasi (abessive singular)
hedelmällinen puolikuumme (nominative singular)
hedelmällinen puolikuumme (accusative nominative singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuumme (accusative genitive singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuumme (genitive singular)
hedelmällistä puolikuutamme (partitive singular)
hedelmällisessä puolikuussamme (inessive singular)
hedelmällisestä puolikuustamme (elative singular)
hedelmälliseen puolikuuhumme (illative singular)
hedelmällisellä puolikuullamme (adessive singular)
hedelmälliseltä puolikuultamme (ablative singular)
hedelmälliselle puolikuullemme (allative singular)
hedelmällisenä puolikuunamme (essive singular)
hedelmälliseksi puolikuuksemme (singular translative)
hedelmällisettä puolikuuttamme (abessive singular)
hedelmällinen puolikuunne (nominative singular)
hedelmällinen puolikuunne (accusative nominative singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuunne (accusative genitive singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuunne (genitive singular)
hedelmällistä puolikuutanne (partitive singular)
hedelmällisessä puolikuussanne (inessive singular)
hedelmällisestä puolikuustanne (elative singular)
hedelmälliseen puolikuuhunne (illative singular)
hedelmällisellä puolikuullanne (adessive singular)
hedelmälliseltä puolikuultanne (ablative singular)
hedelmälliselle puolikuullenne (allative singular)
hedelmällisenä puolikuunanne (essive singular)
hedelmälliseksi puolikuuksenne (singular translative)
hedelmällisettä puolikuuttanne (abessive singular)
hedelmällinen puolikuunsa (nominative singular)
hedelmällinen puolikuunsa (accusative nominative singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuunsa (accusative genitive singular)
hedelmällisen puolikuunsa (genitive singular)
hedelmällistä puolikuutaan (partitive singular)
hedelmällistä puolikuutansa (partitive singular)
hedelmällisessä puolikuussaan (inessive singular)
hedelmällisessä puolikuussansa (inessive singular)
hedelmällisestä puolikuustaan (elative singular)
hedelmällisestä puolikuustansa (elative singular)
hedelmälliseen puolikuuhunsa (illative singular)
hedelmällisellä puolikuullaan (adessive singular)
hedelmällisellä puolikuullansa (adessive singular)
hedelmälliseltä puolikuultaan (ablative singular)
hedelmälliseltä puolikuultansa (ablative singular)
hedelmälliselle puolikuulleen (allative singular)
hedelmälliselle puolikuullensa (allative singular)
hedelmällisenä puolikuunaan (essive singular)
hedelmällisenä puolikuunansa (essive singular)
hedelmälliseksi puolikuukseen (singular translative)
hedelmälliseksi puolikuuksensa (singular translative)
hedelmällisettä puolikuuttaan (abessive singular)
hedelmällisettä puolikuuttansa (abessive singular)

Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent#English:_Q170526

(historical) Fertile Crescent (a crescent-shaped geographic region of fertile land in the Middle East in Western Asia, stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey to Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine)


Cordastáin

head

An Chordastáin f (genitive na Cordastáine)

An Chordastáin (canonical feminine)
na Cordastáine (genitive)
Cordastáin (indefinite nominative singular)
a Chordastáin (indefinite singular vocative)
Cordastáine (genitive indefinite singular)
Cordastáin (dative indefinite singular)
an Chordastáin (definite nominative singular)
na Cordastáine (definite genitive singular)
leis an gCordastáin (dative definite singular)
don Chordastáin (dative definite singular)
Cordastáin
Chordastáin
gCordastáin


बग़दाद

hi-proper noun

बग़दाद • (baġdād) m (Urdu spelling بغداد)

baġdād (romanization)
بغداد (Urdu)
बग़दाद (direct singular)
बग़दाद (oblique singular)
बग़दाद (singular vocative)

/bəɣ.d̪ɑːd̪/

[bɐɣ.d̪äːd̪]

/bəɡ.d̪ɑːd̪/

[bɐɡ.d̪äːd̪]

Borrowed from Classical Persian بغداد (baġdād).


मूसल

Borrowed from Classical Persian موصل (mawsil), from Arabic اَلْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil).


Междуречье

ru-proper noun+

Междуре́чье • (Mežduréčʹje) n inan (genitive Междуре́чья)

Междуре́чье (canonical)
Mežduréčʹje (romanization)
Междуре́чья (genitive)
Междуре́чье (nominative singular)
Междуре́чья (genitive singular)
Междуре́чью (dative singular)
Междуре́чье (accusative singular)
Междуре́чьем (instrumental singular)
Междуре́чье (prepositional singular)

Calque of Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía), from ме́жду (méždu) + река́ (reká) + -ье (-ʹje).


سنجار

ar-proper noun

سِنْجَار • (sinjār) ?

سِنْجَار (canonical)
sinjār (romanization)
سِنْجَار (definite informal singular triptote)
سِنْجَارٌ (definite nominative singular triptote)
سِنْجَارًا (accusative definite singular triptote)
سِنْجَارٍ (definite genitive singular triptote)

From جَبَل سِنْجَار (jabal sinjār, “Sinjar Mountain Range”), from Ancient Greek Σίγγαρα (Síngara), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒂗𒄀𒊏 (ki-en-gi-ra, “of the Sumerians”, literally “place in possession of noble lords”); cognates with Hebrew שִׁנְעָר (šinʿar), Hittite 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (šanhar), Egyptian sngr (sanhar, sankhar, “Babylonia”), possibly also derived as variations of Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (šumerû).

cog

Singar (a city in Nineveh Province, Iraq)


Bartella

See Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܒܲܪܛܸܠܵܐ (barṭillā).

A town in northern Iraq; capital of Nineveh province.


Charax

From Latin Charax, from Ancient Greek Χάραξ (Khárax).

(historical) Various former cities in Southwest Asia, including

A former city and seaport on the Persian Gulf, now within modern Iraq.


Ἄρβηλα

grc-proper noun

Ἄρβηλᾰ • (Árbēlă) n (genitive Ἀρβήλων); second declension

Ἄρβηλᾰ (canonical)
Árbēlă (romanization)
Ἀρβήλων (genitive)
τᾰ̀ Ἄρβηλᾰ (nominative plural)
τῶν Ἀρβήλων (genitive plural)
τοῖς Ἀρβήλοις (dative plural)
τᾰ̀ Ἄρβηλᾰ (accusative plural)
Ἄρβηλᾰ (plural vocative)

Latin: Arbēla

Arbela (an ancient city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Arbil)


Hatra

From Latin Hatra, from Hatran Aramaic 𐣧𐣨𐣣𐣠 (ḥṭrʾ /Ḥaṭrā/).

(historical) A caravan city, the capital of the small kingdom of Araba, in present-day Iraq, which flourished in 2nd-century Mesopotamia.

ܚܛܪܐ

ḥaṭrē, ḥaṭrā


Characene

la-proper noun

Characēnē f sg (genitive Characēnēs); first declension

Characēnē (canonical feminine singular)
Characēnēs (genitive)
Characēnē (nominative singular)
Characēnēs (genitive singular)
Characēnae (dative singular)
Characēnēn (accusative singular)
Characēnē (ablative singular)
Characēnē (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαρακηνή (Kharakēnḗ).

an ancient region and former kingdom at the head of the Persian Gulf near Susiana, in modern Iraq


肥沃な三日月地帯

ja-pos

^ひよく な ^みかづき ^ちたい

肥(ひ)沃(よく)な三(み)日(か)月(づき)地(ち)帯(たい) • (Hiyoku na Mikazuki Chitai)

肥沃な三日月地帯 (canonical)
Hiyoku na Mikazuki Chitai (romanization)

From 肥沃 (hiyoku, “fertile”) + な (na) + 三日月 (mikazuki, “crescent-shaped”) + 地帯 (chitai, “area”).


アッシリア

[a̠ɕːiɾʲia̠]


Sittacene

la-proper noun

Sittacēnē f sg (genitive Sittacēnēs); first declension

Sittacēnē (canonical feminine singular)
Sittacēnēs (genitive)
Sittacēnē (nominative singular)
Sittacēnēs (genitive singular)
Sittacēnae (dative singular)
Sittacēnēn (accusative singular)
Sittacēnē (ablative singular)
Sittacēnē (singular vocative)

an ancient region of Assyria, in modern Iraq, with its capital at Sittace


كردستان

ar-proper noun

كُرْدِسْتَان

كُرْدِسْتَان • (kurdistān) f

كُرْدِسْتَان (canonical)
kurdistān (romanization)
كُرْدِسْتَان (definite diptote informal singular)
كُرْدِسْتَانُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
كُرْدِسْتَانَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
كُرْدِسْتَانَ (definite diptote genitive singular)

ar-decl-noun

كُرْدِسْتَان:di


كردستان

Turkish: Kürdistan


Abaesamis

la-proper noun

Abaesamis f sg (genitive Abaesamidis); third declension

Abaesamidis (genitive)
Abaesamis (nominative singular)
Abaesamidis (genitive singular)
Abaesamidī (dative singular)
Abaesamidem (accusative singular)
Abaesamide (ablative singular)
Abaesamis (singular vocative)
Abaesamidī (locative singular)
Abaesamide (locative singular)
Abæsamis (alternative)

Unknown, presumably from a Semitic language.

An ancient town in Arabia Petraea (modern Iraq) mentioned by Pliny, apparently already ruined when he wrote


زوراء

ar-proper noun

الزَّوْرَاء • (az-zawrāʔ) f

الزَّوْرَاء (canonical)
az-zawrāʔ (romanization)
زَوْرَاء (definite diptote informal singular)
زَوْرَاءُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
زَوْرَاءَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
زَوْرَاءَ (definite diptote genitive singular)

→ Persian: زورا (zowrâ)

(rare) Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)


مزورة

مُزَوَّرَة (canonical)
muzawwara (romanization)
مُزَوَّرَة (ar-infl-a definite informal singular triptote)
مُزَوَّرَةٌ (ar-infl-a definite nominative singular triptote)
مُزَوَّرَةً (accusative ar-infl-a definite singular triptote)
مُزَوَّرَةٍ (ar-infl-a definite genitive singular triptote)

English: Muzawwara

Persian: مزوره (mozavvare)

(Islam, archaic) Muzawwara (the city of Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq)


زورا

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زورا • (zowrâ)

fa-proper noun

زورا • (zowrâ)

Borrowed from Arabic الزَّوْرَاء (az-zawrāʔ).


مزوره

Borrowed from Arabic مُزَوَّرَة (muzawwara).


Muzawwara

(Islam) The city of Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq.


كوثى ربا

ar-proper noun

كُوثَىٰ رَبَّا

كُوثَىٰ رَبَّا • (kūṯā rabbā) ?

كُوثَىٰ رَبَّا (canonical)
kūṯā rabbā (romanization)
كُوثَىٰ رَبَّا (definite informal invariable singular)
كُوثَىٰ رَبَّا (definite invariable nominative singular)
كُوثَىٰ رَبَّا (accusative definite invariable singular)
كُوثَىٰ رَبَّا (definite genitive invariable singular)

ar-decl-noun

كُوثَىٰ رَبَّا

Arabic: كُوثَا (kūṯā)

(Islam, archaic) Kutha (an ancient, ruined city in Iraq said to be the hometown of Abraham in Islam)


Green Zone

A district of Baghdad, Iraq: A fortified high-security district of Baghdad; established by the United States occupation force in the wake of the U.S.-Iraq War invasion of 2003; which contains major international hotels, international organizations and forces headquarters, Iraqi national ministries and government offices, and VIP residences.


Zweistromland

de-proper noun

Zweistromland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Zweistromlandes or Zweistromlands)

Zweistromlandes (genitive)
Zweistromlands (genitive)
Zweistromland (nominative singular)
Zweistromlande (definite nominative plural)
Zweistromlandes (genitive singular)
Zweistromlands (genitive singular)
Zweistromlande (definite genitive plural)
Zweistromland (dative singular)
Zweistromlande (dative singular)
Zweistromlanden (dative definite plural)
Zweistromland (accusative singular)
Zweistromlande (accusative definite plural)

Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)


Assyrien

Assyrien n (proper noun, genitive Assyriens or (optionally with an article) Assyrien)

Assyriens (genitive)
Assyrien (genitive with-article)

Borrowed from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀸𒋗𒁺𐎹 (Aššūrāyu).

1912, Martin Luther (d. 1546) and others, Lutherbibel von 1912, Isaiah 10:12 (with KJV translation)

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

Wenn aber der HERR all sein Werk ausgerichtet hat auf dem Berge Zion und zu Jerusalem, will ich heimsuchen die Frucht des Hochmuts des Königs von Assyrien und die Pracht seiner Hoffärtigen Augen.

Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))


Corduena

la-proper noun

Corduēna f sg (genitive Corduēnae); first declension

Corduēna (canonical feminine singular)
Corduēnae (genitive)
Corduēna (nominative singular)
Corduēnae (genitive singular)
Corduēnae (dative singular)
Corduēnam (accusative singular)
Corduēnā (ablative singular)
Corduēna (singular vocative)
Corduēnae (locative singular)

Corduene, Kurdistan (a cultural region in Western Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)


แบกแดด

th-proper noun

แบกแดด • (bɛ̀ɛk-dɛ̀ɛt)

/bɛːk̚˨˩.dɛːt̚˨˩/

Semi-learned borrowing from English Baghdad, from Arabic بَغْدَاد (baḡdād), from Classical Persian بغداد (baġdād).

slbor

กรุง กรุง#Thai

(กรุง~) Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)


Kúrdistan

is-proper noun

Kúrdistan n (proper noun, genitive singular Kúrdistan or Kúrdistans)

Kúrdistan (genitive singular)
Kúrdistans (genitive singular)
Kúrdistan (indefinite nominative singular)
Kúrdistan (accusative indefinite singular)
Kúrdistan (dative indefinite singular)
Kúrdistan (genitive indefinite singular)
Kúrdistans (genitive indefinite singular)

Kurdistan (a cultural region in Western Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)

Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)


Mesopotamiya

az-proper noun

Mesopotamiya (definite accusative Mesopotamiyanı, plural Mesopotamiyalar)

Mesopotamiyanı (accusative definite)
Mesopotamiyalar (plural)
Mesopotamiya (nominative singular)
Mesopotamiyanı (accusative definite singular)
Mesopotamiyaya (dative singular)
Mesopotamiyada (locative singular)
Mesopotamiyadan (ablative singular)
Mesopotamiyanın (definite genitive singular)
Mesopotamiyam (first-person possessive singular)
Mesopotamiyan (possessive second-person singular)
Mesopotamiyası (possessive singular third-person)
Mesopotamiyamız (first-person plural possessive)
Mesopotamiyanız (plural possessive second-person)
Mesopotamiyası (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyaları (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyamı (first-person possessive singular)
Mesopotamiyanı (possessive second-person singular)
Mesopotamiyasını (possessive singular third-person)
Mesopotamiyamızı (first-person plural possessive)
Mesopotamiyanızı (plural possessive second-person)
Mesopotamiyasını (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyalarını (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyama (first-person possessive singular)
Mesopotamiyana (possessive second-person singular)
Mesopotamiyasına (possessive singular third-person)
Mesopotamiyamıza (first-person plural possessive)
Mesopotamiyanıza (plural possessive second-person)
Mesopotamiyasına (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyalarına (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyamda (first-person possessive singular)
Mesopotamiyanda (possessive second-person singular)
Mesopotamiyasında (possessive singular third-person)
Mesopotamiyamızda (first-person plural possessive)
Mesopotamiyanızda (plural possessive second-person)
Mesopotamiyasında (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyalarında (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyamdan (first-person possessive singular)
Mesopotamiyandan (possessive second-person singular)
Mesopotamiyasından (possessive singular third-person)
Mesopotamiyamızdan (first-person plural possessive)
Mesopotamiyanızdan (plural possessive second-person)
Mesopotamiyasından (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyalarından (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyamın (first-person possessive singular)
Mesopotamiyanın (possessive second-person singular)
Mesopotamiyasının (possessive singular third-person)
Mesopotamiyamızın (first-person plural possessive)
Mesopotamiyanızın (plural possessive second-person)
Mesopotamiyasının (plural possessive third-person)
Mesopotamiyalarının (plural possessive third-person)


Kufa

Borrowed from Arabic الْكُوفَة (al-kūfa).


Kurdiston

Kurdiston (nominative singular)
Kurdistonlar (nominative plural)
Kurdistonning (genitive singular)
Kurdistonlarning (genitive plural)
Kurdistonga (dative singular)
Kurdistonlarga (dative plural)
Kurdistonni (accusative definite singular)
Kurdistonlarni (accusative definite plural)
Kurdistonda (locative singular)
Kurdistonlarda (locative plural)
Kurdistondan (ablative singular)
Kurdistonlardan (ablative plural)
Kurdistondek (singular)
Kurdistonlardek (plural)
Kurdistonim (first-person nominative singular)
Kurdistonlarim (first-person nominative)
Kurdistonimning (first-person genitive singular)
Kurdistonlarimning (first-person genitive)
Kurdistonimga (dative first-person singular)
Kurdistonlarimga (dative first-person)
Kurdistonimni (accusative definite first-person singular)
Kurdistonlarimni (accusative definite first-person)
Kurdistonimda (first-person locative singular)
Kurdistonlarimda (first-person locative)
Kurdistonimdan (ablative first-person singular)
Kurdistonlarimdan (ablative first-person)
Kurdistonimdek (first-person singular)
Kurdistonlarimdek (first-person)
Kurdistoning (nominative second-person singular)
Kurdistonlaring (nominative second-person)
Kurdistoningning (genitive second-person singular)
Kurdistonlaringning (genitive second-person)
Kurdistoningga (dative second-person singular)
Kurdistonlaringga (dative second-person)
Kurdistoningni (accusative definite second-person singular)
Kurdistonlaringni (accusative definite second-person)
Kurdistoningda (locative second-person singular)
Kurdistonlaringda (locative second-person)
Kurdistoningdan (ablative second-person singular)
Kurdistonlaringdan (ablative second-person)
Kurdistoningdek (second-person singular)
Kurdistonlaringdek (second-person)
Kurdistoni (nominative singular)
Kurdistonlari (nominative plural)
Kurdistonining (genitive singular)
Kurdistonlarining (genitive plural)
Kurdistoniga (dative singular)
Kurdistonlariga (dative plural)
Kurdistonini (accusative definite singular)
Kurdistonlarini (accusative definite plural)
Kurdistonida (locative singular)
Kurdistonlarida (locative plural)
Kurdistonidan (ablative singular)
Kurdistonlaridan (ablative plural)
Kurdistonidek (singular)
Kurdistonlaridek (plural)
Kurdistonimiz (first-person nominative)
Kurdistonlarimiz (first-person nominative plural)
Kurdistonimizning (first-person genitive)
Kurdistonlarimizning (first-person genitive plural)
Kurdistonimizga (dative first-person)
Kurdistonlarimizga (dative first-person plural)
Kurdistonimizni (accusative definite first-person)
Kurdistonlarimizni (accusative definite first-person plural)
Kurdistonimizda (first-person locative)
Kurdistonlarimizda (first-person locative plural)
Kurdistonimizdan (ablative first-person)
Kurdistonlarimizdan (ablative first-person plural)
Kurdistonimizdek (first-person)
Kurdistonlarimizdek (first-person plural)
Kurdistoningiz (nominative second-person)
Kurdistonlaringiz (nominative plural second-person)
Kurdistoningizning (genitive second-person)
Kurdistonlaringizning (genitive plural second-person)
Kurdistoningizga (dative second-person)
Kurdistonlaringizga (dative plural second-person)
Kurdistoningizni (accusative definite second-person)
Kurdistonlaringizni (accusative definite plural second-person)
Kurdistoningizda (locative second-person)
Kurdistonlaringizda (locative plural second-person)
Kurdistoningizdan (ablative second-person)
Kurdistonlaringizdan (ablative plural second-person)
Kurdistoningizdek (second-person)
Kurdistonlaringizdek (plural second-person)


বাবেল

Borrowed from Classical Persian بابل (bāḇil), which is derived from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim, “Babylon”, literally “Gate of God”).

der

Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)

(historical) Babylonia (an ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran)


Tweestromenland

Compound of twee stromen (“two rivers”) + land (“land”).


Бабыл

From Persian بابل, from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim, “Babylon”, literally “Gate of God”).

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Croissant fertile

Fertile Crescent (a crescent-shaped geographic region of fertile land in the Middle East in Western Asia, stretching from present-day Iraq through eastern Turkey to Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine)


Месопотамия

bg-proper noun

Месопота́мия

месопота́мски

Месопота́мия • (Mesopotámija) f (relational adjective месопота́мски)

Месопота́мия (canonical)
Mesopotámija (romanization)
месопота́мски (adjective relational)

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic месопотамиꙗ (mesopotamija), from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía).

inh+

bg:Месопотамия


Месопотамия

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Месопотамия • (Mesopotamiä)

Borrowed from Russian Месопотамия (Mesopotamija), from Latin Mesopotamia, from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía).


Шумер

Шумер • (Şumer)

Borrowed from Russian Шумер (Šumer), from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru).

Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

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kk:Шумер


ⲃⲁⲕⲧⲁⲛ

baktan (romanization)
ⲃⲁⲅⲇⲁⲛ (alternative Sahidic)

(Bohairic) Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)


ⲕⲟⲩⲫⲁ

koupha (romanization)
ⲭⲱⲃⲁ (alternative Bohairic)


ⲭⲱⲃⲁ

khōba (romanization)
ⲕⲟⲩⲫⲁ (alternative Bohairic)


बाबिल

bābil (romanization)
بابل (Urdu)
बाबुल (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بابل (bāḇil), from Arabic بَابِل (bābil), from Aramaic בבל (bāḇel), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).


Бағдат

kk-prop

Бағдат • (Bağdat)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بغداد (baġdād).

bor+

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İske imlâ alphabet


Mezopotamio

From Koine Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía), a feminine substantive form of the adjective μεσοποτάμιος (mesopotámios, “between rivers”).


Sumero

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru).


ဘဂ္ဂဒက်

ဘဂ္ဂဒက်မြို့

my:ဘဂ္ဂဒက်မြို့


Bát-đa

[ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ ʔɗaː˧˧]

[ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ʔɗaː˧˧]

[ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ʔɗaː˧˧]


Bác Đạt

[ʔɓaːk̚˧˦ ʔɗaːt̚˧˨ʔ]

[ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ ʔɗaːk̚˨˩ʔ]

[ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ ʔɗaːk̚˨˩˨]


ⲃⲁⲅⲇⲁⲛ

bagdan (romanization)
ⲃⲁⲕⲧⲁⲛ (alternative Bohairic)


Курдистон

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Курдистон • (Kurdiston) (Persian spelling کردستان)

Kurdiston (romanization)
spelling کردستان (Persian)

Inherited from Classical Persian کُرْدِسْتَان (kurdistān). By surface analysis, курд (kurd) + -истон (-iston).

inh

کُرْدِسْتَان

inh+

کُرْدِسْتَان


موصل

Mevsıl (romanization)
vulg. Musul (romanization)
Mosul (romanization)

Turkish: Musul

Borrowed from Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil).

bor+

Mosul (the capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq)


ܢܝܢܘܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ • (nīnwē) f

ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ (canonical)
nīnwē (romanization)

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒌷𒀏𒆠 (Ninua). The cuneiform sign 𒀏 is formed by a sign denoting a "shrine" (𒀊) with the sign for "fish" (𒄩) inside, a sort of "shrine of the fish", although whether this referred to literal fish, an aspect of Ishtar, a separate Hurrian goddess, or something else entirely is unclear; compare Biblical Hebrew נִינְוֵה (nînəwê)

ܫܸܛܚܵܐ ܕܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ

šiṭḥā dnīnwē


Baiji

A city and district in Saladin governorate, northern Iraq.


ܐܫܘܪ

aii-proper-noun

ܐܵܫܘܿܪ • (āšōr) f

Modern learned borrowing from Aramaic אֲשׁוּר (ˀăšūr), from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Ashur”) the original capital named after the chief deity of that city. Doublet of ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪ (āṯōr).

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Ashur</i>


Tvåflodslandet

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Tvåflodslandet ? (genitive Tvåflodslandets)

två (“two”) + flod (“river”) + -s- + land (“land”) + -et (“the”)


Musul

From Ottoman Turkish موصل (Mevsıl/Mosul).


ܐܘܪ

aii-proper-noun

ܐܘܿܪ • (ōr) f

Ur (An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar)


𒉣𒆠

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𒉣𒆠 • (NUNᵏⁱ, eriduᵏⁱ, eridugᵏⁱ /Eridug/)

NUNᵏⁱ (romanization)
eriduᵏⁱ (romanization)
eridugᵏⁱ (romanization)
Eridug (romanization)

Tell Abu Shahrain
Tell Abu Shahrain#English

Eridu (ancient Sumerian city in modern Iraq; modern Tell Abu Shahrain)


ܒܒܠ

aii-proper-noun

ܒܵܒ݂ܸܠ • (bāḇil) f

ܒܵܒ݂ܸܠ (canonical)
bāḇil (romanization)
ܒܵܒ݂ܹܠ (alternative)
ܒܵܒ݂ܹܝܠ (alternative)

From Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim). More at Babylon.


ܒܒܠ

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ܒܒܠ • (bāḇel)

syc-proper noun

ܒܒܠ • (bāḇel)

From Aramaic בבל (bāḇel), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).


Mezopotamia

Mezopotamia (nominative singular)
Mezopotamii (genitive singular)
Mezopotamii (dative singular)
Mezopotamię (accusative singular)
Mezopotamią (instrumental singular)
Mezopotamii (locative singular)
Mezopotamio (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin Mesopotamia, from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía).


Xatalárabe

[ʃɐ.tɐˈla.ɾɐ.βɨ]

Borrowed from Arabic شَطّ اَلْعَرَب (šaṭṭ al-ʕarab, literally “stream of the Arabs”).

bor+

شَطّ اَلْعَرَب

Shatt al-Arab (a river in southwest Iraq)


ܒܓܕܕ

aii-proper-noun

ܒܲܓ݂ܕܵܕ • (baḡdād) f

ܒܲܓ݂ܕܵܕ (canonical)
baḡdād (romanization)

From Arabic بَغْدَاد (baḡdād), from Persian بغداد (baġdâd).


Бағдод

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Бағдод • (Baġdod) (Persian spelling بغداد)

Baġdod (romanization)
spelling بغداد (Persian)

Inherited from Classical Persian بَغْدَاد (baġdād).


Zakho

From the absolute form of Classical Syriac ܙܟܘܬܐ (zākūṯā).

A city in Iraq, a few kilometers from the Turkish border.


ܙܟܘ

aii-proper-noun

ܙܵܟ݂ܘܿ • (zāḵō) f

From the absolute form of ܙܵܟ݂ܘܼܬܵܐ (zāḵūtā, “victory”)

ܬܪܹܝܢ ܫܲܘܦܹ̈ܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܛܒ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܠܲܐܟ݂ܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܙܵܟ݂ܘܿ ܝܢܵܐ ܩܲܨܪܵܐ ܘܓܸܫܪܵܐ ܕܕܵܠܵܠܹܐ.

trēn šawpē yatīr ṭḇīḇē laˀḵā gaw zāḵō ìnā qaṣrā w-gišrā ddālālē.

The two most famous site here in Zakho are the Castle and the Delal Bridge.


Ассирія

uk-proper noun

Асси́рія<sg>

ассирі́йський

Асси́рія • (Assýrija) f inan (genitive Асси́рії, uncountable, relational adjective ассирі́йський)

Асси́рія (canonical)
Assýrija (romanization)
Асси́рії (genitive)
ассирі́йський (adjective relational)
Асси́рія (nominative singular)
Асси́рії (genitive singular)
Асси́рії (dative singular)
Асси́рію (accusative singular)
Асси́рією (instrumental singular)
Асси́рії (locative singular)
Асси́ріє (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

Асси́рія<sg>

[ɐˈsːɪrʲijɐ]

Borrowed from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital.


Межиріччя

uk-proper noun

Межирі́ччя • (Mežyríččja) n inan (genitive Межирі́ччя, uncountable)

Межирі́ччя (canonical)
Mežyríččja (romanization)
Межирі́ччя (genitive)
Межирі́ччя (nominative singular)
Межирі́ччя (genitive singular)
Межирі́ччю (dative singular)
Межирі́ччя (accusative singular)
Межирі́ччям (instrumental singular)
Межирі́ччі (locative singular)
Межирі́ччю (locative singular)
Межирі́ччя (singular vocative)

[meʒeˈrʲit͡ʃʲːɐ]

[meˈʒɪrʲit͡ʃʲːɐ]

Calque of Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía), from межи- (mežy-) + ріка́ (riká) + -я (-ja). Compare Russian Междуре́чье (Mežduréčʹje).

calque

uk:Межиріччя


ܬܠ ܟܐܦܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹ̈ܐ • (til kēpē) f

ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹ̈ܐ (canonical)
til kēpē (romanization)
ܬܸܠܟܹܐܦܹ̈ܐ (alternative)

→ Arabic: تلكيف

Tel Keppe (a historically Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


ܬܠܐ ܙܩܝܦܐ

ܬܸܠܵܐ ܙܩܝܼܦܵܐ

ܬܸܠܵܐ ܙܩܝܼܦܵܐ • (tillā zqīpā) f

ܬܸܠܵܐ ܙܩܝܼܦܵܐ (canonical)
tillā zqīpā (romanization)
ܬܸܣܩܘܿܦܵܐ (alternative colloquial)

desc

→ Arabic: تللسقف

→ Arabic: تللسقف

Literally, “high hill” or “high ruins”, referring to the ancient remains of a ruined town at a nearby hill.

Tesqopa (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


واسط

ar-proper noun

وَاسِط • (wāsiṭ) f

→ Azerbaijani: Vasit

→ Chagatai: واسط

Uyghur: ۋاسىت (wasit)

Uzbek: Vosit

→ Ottoman Turkish: واسط (vasıt)

Turkish: Vasıt

→ Persian: واسط (vâset)

→ Urdu: واسِط (vāsit)


واسط

head

واسط • (vasıt)

ota-proper noun

واسط • (vasıt)

Turkish: Vasıt


واسط

head

واسط • (vâset)

fa-proper noun

واسط • (vâset)


واسط

ur-proper noun

واسِط • (vāsit) m (Hindi spelling वासित)

واسِط (canonical)
vāsit (romanization)
वासित (Hindi)


Vasit

az-proper noun

Vasit (definite accusative Vasiti, plural Vasitlər)

Vasiti (accusative definite)
Vasitlər (plural)


ܢܘܗܕܪܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܢܘܼܗܲܕܪܵܐ • (nūhadrā) f

ܢܘܼܗܲܕܪܵܐ (canonical)
nūhadrā (romanization)

Borrowed from Parthian nhwdr (“leader of an army”), title of a military commander or governor.

bor+

Duhok (a city in northern Iraq, historically Assyrian)


ܡܘܬܢܐ

head

ܡܘܬܢܐ • (mūṯannā)

syc-proper noun

ܡܘܬܢܐ • (mūṯannā)

calque

محافظة المثنى


বগদাদ

head

বগদাদ • (bogodad) (objective বগদাদ (bogodad) or বগদাদকে (bogdadoke), genitive বগদাদের (bogdader), locative বগদাদে (bogdade) or বগদাদেতে (bogdadete))

bogodad (romanization)
বগদাদ (objective)
বগদাদকে (objective)
বগদাদের (genitive)
বগদাদ ে (locative)
বগদাদে তে (locative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بغداد (baġdād), probably from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲 (bgdt /bagdād/), from Old Persian *Bagadātah, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *BágadaHtah (literally “god-given”); doublet of ভগদত্ত (bhogodotto).


បាប៊ីឡូន

អាណាចក្របាប៊ីឡូន


النجف

النَّجَف (canonical)
an-najaf (romanization)
النَّجَف (definite informal singular triptote)
النَّجَفُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
النَّجَفَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
النَّجَفِ (definite genitive singular triptote)


Chaldeja

Chaldeja (nominative singular)
Chaldei (genitive singular)
Chaldei (dative singular)
Chaldeję (accusative singular)
Chaldeją (instrumental singular)
Chaldei (locative singular)
Chaldejo (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin Chaldaea, from Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía).

Chaldea (an ancient geographic region of Western Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain)


บาบิโลน

กรุง กรุง#Thai

เมือง เมือง#Thai

(กรุง~, เมือง~) (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)


ບາບີໂລນ

lo-proper noun

ບາບີໂລນ • (bā bī lōn)

Ultimately from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).

ນະຄອນ ນະຄອນ#Lao

(ນະຄອນ~) (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)


เมโสโปเตเมีย

(historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)


ອັດຊີເຣຍ

ອັດຊີເຣຍ • (ʼat sī rīa)

[ʔat̚˧˥.siː˧˥.liːə̯˧˥]

[ʔat̚˩˨.siː˩˨.liːə̯˩˨]

Ultimately from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”).

(historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))


Khanaqin

A city and district in Diyala governorate, Iraq, near the border with Iran.


Żyzny Półksiężyc

Żyzny Półksiężyc (nominative singular)
Żyznego Półksiężyca (genitive singular)
Żyznemu Półksiężycowi (dative singular)
Żyzny Półksiężyc (accusative singular)
Żyznym Półksiężycem (instrumental singular)
Żyznym Półksiężycu (locative singular)
Żyzny Półksiężycu (singular vocative)


ܫܘܡܪ

aii-proper-noun

ܫܘܼܡܸܪ • (šūmir) f


ܒܪܛܠܐ

ܒܲܪܛܸܠܵܐ • (barṭillā) f

ܒܲܪܛܸܠܵܐ (canonical)
barṭillā (romanization)

→ Arabic: بَرْطِلَّة (barṭilla)

From the earlier form ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܒܲܪ ܛܸܠܲܝ (bēṯ bar ṭillay).

Bartella (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


कुर्दिस्तान

hi-proper noun

कुर्दिस्तान • (kurdistān) m (Urdu spelling کردستان)

Borrowed from Classical Persian کردستان (kurdistān).

bor+

hi:कुर्दिस्तान

Kurdistan (a cultural region in Western Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)

(by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)


Sulaymaniyah

Sulaymaniyah Governorate
Sulaymaniyah Governorate#English

A city and capital of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.


ھەولێر

head

ھەولێر (hewlêr)


أربيل

ar-proper noun

أَرْبِيل • (ʔarbīl) ?

أَرْبِيل (canonical)
ʔarbīl (romanization)


ديالى

دِيَالَى • (diyālā) ?

دِيَالَى (canonical)
diyālā (romanization)
دِيَالَى (definite informal invariable singular)
دِيَالَى (definite invariable nominative singular)
دِيَالَى (accusative definite invariable singular)
دِيَالَى (definite genitive invariable singular)


المثنى

اَلْمُثَنَى • (al-muṯanā) ?

اَلْمُثَنَى (canonical)
al-muṯanā (romanization)


بەغدا

head

بەغدا (beẍda)


Βαγδάτη

Βαγδάτη • (Vagdáti) f

el-proper noun

Βαγδάτη • (Vagdáti) f


Vasıt

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish واسط, from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).


السليمانية

ar-proper noun

السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة

السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة • (as-sulaymāniyya) f

السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة (canonical)
as-sulaymāniyya (romanization)
السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة (ar-infl-a definite informal singular triptote)
السُّلَيْمَانِيَّةُ (ar-infl-a definite nominative singular triptote)
السُّلَيْمَانِيَّةَ (accusative ar-infl-a definite singular triptote)
السُّلَيْمَانِيَّةِ (ar-infl-a definite genitive singular triptote)

ar-decl-noun

سُلَيْمَانِيَّة

→ Azerbaijani: Süleymaniyyə

desc

→ Chagatai: سلیمانیه

→ Chagatai: سلیمانیه

Uzbek: Sulaymoniya

→ Ottoman Turkish: سلیمانیه

Turkish: Süleymaniye

→ Persian: سلیمانیه

→ Persian: سلیمانیه

سُلَیمانِیَہ

→ Punjabi: سُلَیمانِیَہ (sulaimāniyah)

سُلَیمانِیَہ

→ Urdu: سُلَیمانِیَہ (sulaimāniya)


Süleymaniyyə

az-proper noun

Süleymaniyyə (definite accusative Süleymaniyyəni, plural Süleymaniyyələr)

Süleymaniyyəni (accusative definite)
Süleymaniyyələr (plural)
Süleymaniyyə (nominative singular)
Süleymaniyyələr (nominative plural)
Süleymaniyyəni (accusative definite singular)
Süleymaniyyələri (accusative definite plural)
Süleymaniyyəyə (dative singular)
Süleymaniyyələrə (dative plural)
Süleymaniyyədə (locative singular)
Süleymaniyyələrdə (locative plural)
Süleymaniyyədən (ablative singular)
Süleymaniyyələrdən (ablative plural)
Süleymaniyyənin (definite genitive singular)
Süleymaniyyələrin (definite genitive plural)
Süleymaniyyəm (first-person nominative possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyələrim (first-person nominative possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyən (nominative possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyələrin (nominative possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyəsi (nominative possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyələri (nominative possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmiz (first-person nominative plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyələrimiz (first-person nominative plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyəniz (nominative plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyələriniz (nominative plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyəsi (nominative plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyələri (nominative plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmi (accusative first-person possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyələrimi (accusative first-person possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyəni (accusative possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyələrini (accusative possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyəsini (accusative possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyələrini (accusative possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmizi (accusative first-person plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyələrimizi (accusative first-person plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyənizi (accusative plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyələrinizi (accusative plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyəsini (accusative plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyələrini (accusative plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmə (dative first-person possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyələrimə (dative first-person possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyənə (dative possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyələrinə (dative possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyəsinə (dative possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyələrinə (dative possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmizə (dative first-person plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyələrimizə (dative first-person plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyənizə (dative plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyələrinizə (dative plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyəsinə (dative plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyələrinə (dative plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmdə (first-person locative possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyələrimdə (first-person locative possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyəndə (locative possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyələrində (locative possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyəsində (locative possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyələrində (locative possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmizdə (first-person locative plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyələrimizdə (first-person locative plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyənizdə (locative plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyələrinizdə (locative plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyəsində (locative plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyələrində (locative plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmdən (ablative first-person possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyələrimdən (ablative first-person possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyəndən (ablative possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyələrindən (ablative possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyəsindən (ablative possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyələrindən (ablative possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmizdən (ablative first-person plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyələrimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyənizdən (ablative plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyələrinizdən (ablative plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyəsindən (ablative plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyələrindən (ablative plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmin (first-person genitive possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyələrimin (first-person genitive possessive singular)
Süleymaniyyənin (genitive possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyələrinin (genitive possessive second-person singular)
Süleymaniyyəsinin (genitive possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyələrinin (genitive possessive singular third-person)
Süleymaniyyəmizin (first-person genitive plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyələrimizin (first-person genitive plural possessive)
Süleymaniyyənizin (genitive plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyələrinizin (genitive plural possessive second-person)
Süleymaniyyəsinin (genitive plural possessive third-person)
Süleymaniyyələrinin (genitive plural possessive third-person)

From Arabic السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة (as-sulaymāniyya).

bor

السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة


Sulaymoniya

Borrowed from Arabic السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة (as-sulaymāniyya).

bor+

السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة


Süleymaniye

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سلیمانیه, from Arabic السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة (as-sulaymāniyya).

der

السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة


سلیمانیه

head

سلیمانیه • (sulaymāniyya /soleymâniye) (Tajik spelling Сулаймония)

fa-proper noun

سُلَیْمَانِیَّه

sulaymāniyya (romanization)
soleymâniye (romanization)
spelling Сулаймония (Tajik)

bor+

السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة

Sulaymaniyah (a city and capital of the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in the Kurdistan region of Iraq)


سلیمانیہ

pa-proper noun

سُلَیمانِیَہ

سُلَیمانِیَہ • (sulaimāniyah) m

سُلَیمانِیَہ (canonical)
sulaimāniyah (romanization)

bor

السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة


سلیمانیہ

ur-proper noun

سُلَیمانِیَہ

سُلَیمانِیَہ • (sulaimāniya) m (Hindi spelling सुलैमानिया)

سُلَیمانِیَہ (canonical)
sulaimāniya (romanization)
सुलैमानिया (Hindi)

der

السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة


Сулаймония

head

Сулаймония • (Sulaymoniya) (Persian spelling سلیمانیه)

Sulaymoniya (romanization)
spelling سلیمانیه (Persian)

Inherited from Classical Persian سُلَیْمَانِیَّه (sulaymāniyya), from Arabic السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة (as-sulaymāniyya).

inh

سُلَیْمَانِیَّه

inh+

سُلَیْمَانِیَّه

der

السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة


सुमेर

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru)

lbor

Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)


કુર્દિસ્તાન

Borrowed from Classical Persian کُرْدِسْتَان (kurdistān).

bor+

کُرْدِسْتَان

(by extension) an autonomous region of Iraq


Kadhimiya

A northern neighbourhood of Baghdad, Iraq.


બગદાદ

/ˈbəɡ.d̪ɑd̪/

Borrowed from Classical Persian بغداد (baġdāḏ).


Ασσυρία

head

Ασσυρία • (Assyría) m

el-noun-proper

Ασσυρία • (Assyría) m

Assyría (romanization)
Ασσυρία (nominative singular)
Ασσυρίας (genitive singular)
Ασσυρία (accusative singular)
Ασσυρία (singular vocative)


الموصل

ar-proper noun

الْمَوْصِل • (al-mawṣil) f

الْمَوْصِل (canonical)
al-mawṣil (romanization)
الْمَوْصِل (definite informal singular triptote)
الْمَوْصِلُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
الْمَوْصِلَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
الْمَوْصِلِ (definite genitive singular triptote)

→ English: Mosul

→ Ottoman Turkish: موصل
Turkish: Musul

Mosul (the capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq)


وادي السلام

وَادِي السَّلَام

وَادِي السَّلَام • (wādī s-salām) ?

وَادِي السَّلَام (canonical)
wādī s-salām (romanization)
وَادِي السَّلَام (ar-infl-in definite informal singular triptote)
وَادِي السَّلَامِ (ar-infl-in definite nominative singular triptote)
وَادِيَ السَّلَامِ (accusative ar-infl-in definite singular triptote)
وَادِي السَّلَامِ (ar-infl-in definite genitive singular triptote)


ܡܐܝܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܡܵܐܝܹܐ • (māˀyē) f

Derived from the local pronunciation of the word ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ (mayyā, “water”).

Maye (an Assyrian village in North Iraq)


Basrah

It so happened that Christmas was near and I was invited to go to Basrah, so I used that for an excuse to not make an aftercall. Months later, when I was sitting in the hospital one day, a woman came throwing her black abba over my head.

2010, Mary Bruins Allison, Sandra J. Shaw, Doctor Mary in Arabia: Memoirs:

Dated spelling of Basra: a major city in Iraq.


クルディスタン

[kɯ̟ɾɯ̟dʲisɨ̥tã̠ɴ]


เคอร์ดิสถาน

th-proper noun

เคอร์ดิสถาน • (kəə-dì-sà-tǎan)

th:เคอร์ดิสถาน

/kʰɤː˧.di˨˩.sa˨˩.tʰaːn˩˩˦/


埃爾比勒

ㄞ ㄦˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄜˋ

ㄞ ㄦˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄌㄜˋ

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/

Arbil, Erbil (a city, the regional capital of Kurdistan, Iraq)


提克里特

ㄊㄧˊ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄜˋ

ㄊㄧˊ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄜˋ

/tʰi³⁵ kʰə³ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/tʰi³⁵ kʰə³ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɤ⁵¹/


摩蘇爾

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ su⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔː⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵ jiː¹³/

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ su⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔː⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵ jiː¹³/


ܐܠܩܘܫ

aii-proper-noun

ܐܲܠܩܘܿܫ • (alqōš) f

ܐܲܠܩܘܿܫ (canonical)
alqōš (romanization)

Unknown, suggested to be borrowed from Akkadian [script needed] (il qaštum, literally “god of the bow/righteouness”). From 𒀭 (il, “god of”) + 𒄑𒉼 (qaštum, “bow, righteousness, power”). A local tradition claims it is named after ‘Alqon’, a Jew said to have been deported there by the ancient Assyrians.

der

Alqosh (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


ܟܪܡܠܫ

aii-proper-noun

ܟܲܪܡܠܸܫ • (karmliš) f

ܟܲܪܡܠܸܫ (canonical)
karmliš (romanization)

Borrowed from Akkadian [script needed] (kar mulissu, “The city of Mulissu (the consort of Ashur)”). The first element is borrowed into Classical Syriac ܟܲܪ (kar, “place”).

der

Karemlesh (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


Anah

From Arabic عَانَة (ʕāna), from Classical Syriac ܐܢܐ, ultimately from Akkadian Anat under Assurnasirpal II and ⁽ᵈ⁾Ha-na-atᴷᴵ in the Old Babylonian Period, sometimes connected to worship of the war goddess Anat, whose name is probably Semitic.

Ana (alternative)
'Ana (alternative)
Anna (alternative)

Two Iraqi men drove through the city streets of Anah, Iraq, when their suspicions were aroused.

2007 Dec. 18, Billy Hall, "Brothers in Arms", Marines.mil

A town in Anbar, Iraq, originally on an island in the middle Euphrates River.

Anah
Assurnasirpal II
Old Babylonian Period


عنه

Turkish: Ane


بصره

Turkish: Basra

Basra (a port city in Iraq; the former capital of Basra)


Ninevah

(sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of Nineveh, an ancient city in Iraq.


نینوه

Turkish: Ninova

Ultimately from Akkadian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 𒀏 (Ninua) and Old Babylonian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 (Ninuwā, “House of Fish”), although the intended sense or religious application of "fish" is unclear.

(historical) Nineveh (an ancient city in Iraq)


تكریت

English: Tikrit

Turkish: Tikrit


ܥܝܢ ܢܘܢܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܥܹܝܢ ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ

ܥܹܝܢ ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ • (ˁēn nūnē) f

ܥܹܝܢ ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (canonical)
ˁēn nūnē (romanization)
ܥܹܝܢܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (alternative)

desc

عَيْن نُونِي

→ Arabic: عَيْن نُونِي (ʕayn nūnī)

→ Arabic: عَيْن نُونِي (ʕayn nūnī)

→ Northern Kurdish: کانی ماسێ (kanî masê) (calque)

Ain Nuni (a historically Assyrian town in northern Iraq)


ܥܝܢ ܣܦܢܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܥܹܝܢ ܣܲܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ

ܥܹܝܢ ܣܲܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ • (ˁēn sappānē) f

ܥܹܝܢ ܣܲܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ (canonical)
ˁēn sappānē (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: عين سفني

→ Arabic: عين سفني

→ Northern Kurdish: ئێسفنێ (êsifnê)

Ain Sifni (a historically Assyrian town in northern Iraq)


Arame

I rere anō a Hākopa ki te māra a Arame, ā mahi ana a Iharaira hei utu wahine; hei utu wahine i tiaki hipi ai ia.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel worked for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

(biblical) Aram (a historical region mentioned in the Bible, located in modern Syria as well as parts of Iraq, Lebanon and southeastern Turkey; inhabited by Aramaeans)


Карбало

head

Карбало • (Karbalo) (Persian spelling کربلا)

Karbalo (romanization)
spelling کربلا (Persian)

Karbala (a city in central Iraq, site of the murder of Husayn ibn Ali and major pilgrimage destination for Shiite Muslims)


Aisiria

an Aisiria (canonical feminine)
na hAisiria (genitive)
Aisiria
nAisiria
hAisiria

From Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρίᾱ (Assuríā), from Akkadian Aššūrāyu, from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”).

Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))


Millifljótaland

is-proper noun

Millifljótaland n (proper noun, genitive singular Millifljótalands)

Millifljótalands (genitive singular)
Millifljótaland (indefinite nominative singular)
Millifljótaland (accusative indefinite singular)
Millifljótalandi (dative indefinite singular)
Millifljótalands (genitive indefinite singular)

Compound of milli (“between”) + fljót (“large river”) + -land (“-land”), probably in analysis of Mesopotamia being in between two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates.

com+

Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)


بین‌النهرین

بینالنهرین (canonical)
beyno-n-nahreyn (romanization)

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic بَيْن النَّهْرَيْن (bayn an-nahrayn).

unadapted borrowing

بَيْن النَّهْرَيْن


Chaldea land

Chaldea land (nominative singular)
Chaldea land (accusative singular)
Chaldea landes (genitive singular)
Chaldea lande (dative singular)

(historical) Chaldea (an ancient geographic region of Western Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain)


Zatoka Perska

Zatoka Perska (nominative singular)
Zatoki Perskiej (genitive singular)
Zatoce Perskiej (dative singular)
Zatokę Perską (accusative singular)
Zatoką Perską (instrumental singular)
Zatoce Perskiej (locative singular)
Zatoko Perska (singular vocative)

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

Persian Gulf (a gulf of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates)


ܥܢܟܒܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܥܲܢܟܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (ˁankāḇā) f

ܥܲܢܟܵܒ݂ܵܐ (canonical)
ˁankāḇā (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: عَنْكَاوَا (ʕankāwā)

→ Arabic: عَنْكَاوَا (ʕankāwā)

→ Central Kurdish: عەنکاوە ('enkawe)

Ankawa (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, now a suburb of Erbil)


ܫܩܠܒܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܫܲܩܠܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (šaqlāḇā) f

ܫܲܩܠܵܒ݂ܵܐ (canonical)
šaqlāḇā (romanization)

→ Arabic: شَقْلَاوَة (šaqlāwa)

→ Central Kurdish: شەقڵاوە (şeqllawe)

Shaqlawa (a historically Assyrian town in northern Iraq)


ܦܝܪܘܙܒܐ

ܦܝܼܪܘܿܙܵܒ݂ܵܐ

ܦܝܼܪܘܿܙܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (pīrōzāḇā) f

ܦܝܼܪܘܿܙܵܒ݂ܵܐ (canonical)
pīrōzāḇā (romanization)

From Northern Kurdish پیرۆز (pîroz, “holy”) + -ܵܒ݂ܵܐ (-āḇā), itself from a misinterpretation of the previous ܦܹܐܪ ܙܵܒ݂ܵܐ (pēr zāḇā, literally “fruit of the Zab”).

af

Pirozawa (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq located in the Nineveh Plains)


ܥܝܢ ܒܩܪܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܥܹܝܢ ܒܲܩܪܹ̈ܐ

ܥܹܝܢ ܒܲܩܪܹ̈ܐ • (ˁēn baqrē) f

ܥܹܝܢ ܒܲܩܪܹ̈ܐ (canonical)
ˁēn baqrē (romanization)

Ain Baqre (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


ܐܪܕܢ

ܐܲܪܵܕܸܢ • (arrādin) f

ܐܲܪܵܕܸܢ (canonical)
arrādin (romanization)

→ Arabic: أَرَادِن (ʔarādin)

→ Northern Kurdish: ئهرادن (eradin)

Probably a Contraction of ܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܕܥܕ݂ܸܢ (arˤā d-ˤḏin, literally “the Land of Eden”) or ܐܲܪܲܥ ܥܕ݂ܸܢ (araˤ ˤḏin, literally “the Land of Eden”).

contraction

ܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܕܥܕ݂ܸܢ

Araden (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq)


ܓܪܡܘܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܓܸܪܡܵܘܵܐ • (girmāwā) f

ܓܸܪܡܵܘܵܐ (canonical)
girmāwā (romanization)

→ Arabic: كِرْمَاوَا (kirmāwā)

→ Northern Kurdish: گهرماوا (germawa)

[ɡɪr.mɑːwɑː]

Germawa (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


ܕܫܬܩܘܬܢܐ

ܕܲܫܬܩܘܿܬܵܢܹܐ

ܕܲܫܬܩܘܿܬܵܢܹܐ • (daštqōtānē) f

ܕܲܫܬܩܘܿܬܵܢܹܐ (canonical)
daštqōtānē (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: دَشْقُوتَان (dašqūtān)

→ Arabic: دَشْقُوتَان (dašqūtān)

Dashqotan (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


ܡܘܨܠ

aii-proper-noun

ܡܲܘܨܸܠ • (mawṣil) f

ܡܲܘܨܸܠ (canonical)
mawṣil (romanization)

Borrowed from Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil).

bor+

Mosul (the capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq)


ܫܛܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܫܲܛܵܐ • (šaṭṭā) m

From Arabic شَطّ اَلْعَرَب (šaṭṭ al-ʕarab, literally “stream of the Arabs”).

bor

شَطّ اَلْعَرَب

Shatt al-Arab (a river between Iraq and Iran, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris)


ܨܠܚ ܕܝܢ

aii-proper-noun

ܨܠܵܚ ܕܝܼܢ • (ṣlāḥ dīn) m

ܨܠܵܚ ܕܝܼܢ (canonical)
ṣlāḥ dīn (romanization)

[sˤəlɑːħ‿diːn]

From Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn, literally “righteousness of the religion”).

der

صَلَاحُ الدِّين


ܐܪܒܝܠ

aii-proper-noun

ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ • (arbēl) f

ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ (canonical)
arbēl (romanization)

From Akkadian [script needed] (erbe ilū, literally “four gods”), from 𒐉 (erbet, “four”) + the plural form of 𒀭 (ilum, “god”), from Sumerian 𒌨𒉈𒈝𒆠 (ur-bi₂-lumᵏⁱ /Urbilum/); compare Arabic أَرْبِيل (ʔarbīl), Central Kurdish ھەولێر (hewlêr), Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎲𐎡𐎼𐎠𐏓 (Arbairā), Ancient Greek Ἄρβηλα (Árbēla) and Latin Arbēla.

bor

Arbil (a city in northern Iraq, historically Assyrian, and the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region)


Cwrdistan

Cwrdistan
Gwrdistan (soft)
Nghwrdistan
Chwrdistan

Borrowed from English Kurdistan. By surface analysis, Cwrd (“Kurd”) + -istan.

surface analysis

Kurdistan (a cultural region in Western Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)

Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)


ܫܪܦܝܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܫܲܪܦ̮ܝܼܵܐ • (šarfīyā) f

ܫܲܪܦ̮ܝܼܵܐ (canonical)
šarfīyā (romanization)

→ Central Kurdish: شەرەفیە (şerefye)

Borrowed from Arabic شَرَفِيَّة (šarafiyya, “decency”).

bor+

Sharafiya (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq located in the Nineveh Plains)


ܒܙ

aii-proper-noun

ܒܵܙ • (bāz) f

Baz (a historically Assyrian district in parts of modern day northern Iraq and Turkey, located in the region of Hakkari)


ܒܐܪ ܣܒܐ

ܒܹܐܪ ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (bēr sāḇā) f

ܒܹܐܪ ܣܵܒ݂ܵܐ (canonical)
bēr sāḇā (romanization)
ܒܝܼܪܣܹܦ̮ܹܐ (alternative)

→ Northern Kurdish: بێرسڤێ (bêrisvê)

desc

→ Arabic: بِيرْسَاوَا (bīrsāwā)

→ Arabic: بِيرْسَاوَا (bīrsāwā)

[beːʔr‿sɑːwɑː]

Bersive (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the region of Zakho)


ܒܩܘܦܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܒܲܩܘܿܦܵܐ • (baqōpā) f

ܒܲܩܘܿܦܵܐ (canonical)
baqōpā (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: بَاقُوفَا (bāqūfā)

→ Arabic: بَاقُوفَا (bāqūfā)

Contraction of ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܩ̈ܘܿܦܹܐ (bēṯ qōpē, literally “house of carrying staves”).

contraction

ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܩ̈ܘܿܦܹܐ

Baqofah (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


ܒܥܫܝܩܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܒܵܥܫܝܼܩܹܐ • (bāˁšīqē) f

ܒܵܥܫܝܼܩܹܐ (canonical)
bāˁšīqē (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: بَعْشِيقَة (baʕšīqa)

→ Arabic: بَعْشِيقَة (baʕšīqa)

→ Northern Kurdish: بەعشیقە (be'şîqe)

[bɑːʕʃiːqeː]

Contraction of ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܥܲܫܝܼܩܹܐ (bēṯ ˁašīqē, literally “house of lovers”).

contraction

ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܥܲܫܝܼܩܹܐ

Bashiqa (a town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


ܒܚܬܡܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܒܵܚܸܬ݂ܡܹܐ • (bāḥiṯmē) f

ܒܵܚܸܬ݂ܡܹܐ (canonical)
bāḥiṯmē (romanization)

→ Arabic: بَاخِتْمِه (bāḵitmih)

→ Northern Kurdish: باختمێ (baxtmê)

Contraction of ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܚܵܬ݂ܡܹ̈ܐ (bēṯ ḥāṯmē, literally “house of seals”).

contraction

ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܚܵܬ݂ܡܹ̈ܐ

Bakhetme (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the region of Nuhadra)


ܒܥܕܪܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܒܵܥܲܕ݂ܪܹܐ • (bāˁaḏrē) f

ܒܵܥܲܕ݂ܪܹܐ (canonical)
bāˁaḏrē (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: بَاعَذْرَة (bāʕaḏra)

→ Arabic: بَاعَذْرَة (bāʕaḏra)

→ Northern Kurdish: باعەدرێ (ba'edrê)

Contraction of ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܥܵܕ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (bēṯ ˁāḏrē, literally “house of helpers”).

contraction

ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܥܵܕ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ

Baadre (a town in northern Iraq, populated by Yazidis, located in the Nineveh Plains)


ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ

aii-proper-noun

ܡܵܪܝ ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂

ܡܵܪܝ ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂ • (mār yaˁqōḇ) f

ܡܵܪܝ ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂ (canonical)
mār yaˁqōḇ (romanization)

The name of the village is named after the Mar Yaqo (Jacob the Monk) monastery on the mountain nearby.

Sheyoz (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the region of Nuhadra)


ܟܘܪܐ ܓܘܢܐ

ܟܘܿܪܹܐ ܓܲܘܵܢܵܐ

ܟܘܿܪܹܐ ܓܲܘܵܢܵܐ • (kōrē gawwānā) f

ܟܘܿܪܹܐ ܓܲܘܵܢܵܐ (canonical)
kōrē gawwānā (romanization)

Kore Gavana (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the region of Nuhadra)


ܒܟܕܝܕܐ

ܒܲܟ݂ܕܲܝܕܹܐ • (baḵdaydē) f

ܒܲܟ݂ܕܲܝܕܹܐ (canonical)
baḵdaydē (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: بخديدا

→ Arabic: بخديدا

From the older form ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܟ݂ܘܼܕܲܝܕܵܐ (bēṯ ḵūdaydā).

Bakhdida (or Qaraqosh, Al-Hamdaniyya)
w:Bakhdida

Bakhdida (or Qaraqosh, Al-Hamdaniyya) (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)


Baçorá

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْبَصْرَة (al-baṣra).

bor+

Basra (a city and port in southeastern Iraq)


ܣܡܝܠܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܣܸܡܹܝܠܹܐ • (simmēlē) f

ܣܸܡܹܝܠܹܐ (canonical)
simmēlē (romanization)

→ Arabic: سُمِّيلْ (summīl)

→ Northern Kurdish: سێمێل (sêmêl)

Derived from the noun ܣܸܡܵܠܵܐ (simmālā, “left”).

Simele (an Assyrian town in northern Iraq)


Tell el-Muqayyar

The modern name of the city of Ur in Iraq.