القاهرة

ar-proper noun

الْقَاهِرَة • (al-qāhira) f

الْقَاهِرَة (canonical)
al-qāhira (romanization)
الْقَاهِرَة (ar-infl-a definite informal singular triptote)
الْقَاهِرَةُ (ar-infl-a definite nominative singular triptote)
الْقَاهِرَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a definite singular triptote)
الْقَاهِرَةِ (ar-infl-a definite genitive singular triptote)

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→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܗܝܼܪܵܐ (qāhīrā)

→ Azerbaijani: Qahirə

→ Bashkir: Ҡаһирә (Qahirə)

→ Chagatai: قاهره

Uyghur: قاھىرە (qahire)

Uzbek: Qohira

→ Hebrew: קָהִיר (kahír)

→ Malay: Kaherah

→ Ottoman Turkish: قاهره

Turkish: Kahire

→ Pashto: قاهره

→ Persian: قاهره (qâhere)

→ Punjabi: قاہِرَہ (qāhirah)

→ Sindhi: قاهره

→ Tatar: Каһирә (Qahirä)

→ Urdu: قاہِرَہ (qāhira)

Literally, “the Victorious”, named after an epithet of the planet Mars, النَّجْم القَاهِر (an-najm al-qāhir, “the victorious star”), in reference to Mars' passage above the site of the city at the time of the foundation of its walls in 969 CE; from قَهَرَ (qahara, “to defeat”).


مصر

ar-proper noun

مِصْر • (miṣr) f

مِصْر (canonical)
miṣr (romanization)
مِصْر (definite diptote informal singular)
مِصْرُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
مِصْرَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
مِصْرَ (definite diptote genitive singular)

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Egyptian Arabic: مصر (maṣr)
→ Nobiin: Másser

Gulf Arabic: مصر (maṣir)

Hijazi Arabic: مَصُر (maṣur)

Maltese: Masar

Moroccan Arabic: مصر (miṣr)

North Levantine Arabic: مَصْر (maṣ(ə)r)

→ Abkhaz: Мысра (Məsra), Мсыр (Msər)

→ Adyghe: Мысыр (Məsər)

→ Akan: Misrim

→ Amharic: ምሥር (məśr)

→ Azerbaijani: Misir

→ Bashkir: Мысыр (Mısır)

→ Beja: مَسِر (Másir)

→ Chagatai: مصر

Uyghur: مىسىر (misir)

Uzbek: Misr

→ Chechen: Мисар (Misar)

→ Crimean Tatar: Mısır

→ Dhivehi: މިޞްރު (mişru)

→ Hausa: Masar, Misira

→ Kabyle: Maṣer

→ Kalenjin: Misri

→ Kamba: Misri

→ Kikuyu: Misri

→ Krymchak: Мысыр

→ Kumyk: Мисри (Misri)

→ Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: میسر (mîsr)

Northern Kurdish: Misir

→ Kyrgyz: Мысыр (Mısır)

→ Lezgi: Мисри (Misri)

→ Luhya: Misri

→ Luo: Misri

→ Classical Malay: مصر (Mesir)

Malay: Mesir

Indonesian: Mesir

→ Maranao: Misir

→ Meru: Misri

→ Mongolian:

Cyrillic script: Мисир (Misir)

Mongolian script: ᠮᠢᠰᠢᠷ (misir)

→ Ossetian: Мысыр (Mysyr)

→ Ottoman Turkish: مصر (Mısır) (see there for further descendants)

→ Pashto: مصر (mesr)

→ Classical Persian: مِصْر (misr) (see there for further descendants)

→ Swahili: Umisri, Misri

From a common Semitic source; compare Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣráyim), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm), and Akkadian 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿 (miṣru) or 𒈬𒀫 (muṣru). The ending in Hebrew and Ugaritic is the standard dual form, perhaps related to the ancient conceptualization of Egypt as two realms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Conflated with the root م ص ر (m-ṣ-r) in some senses (see below).
The sense of Cairo stems from the earlier settlement مِصْرُ الفُسْطَاط (miṣru l-fusṭāṭ, “the Civil Center of Assembly”, literally “of the large camel-hair tents, assembly halls”) that was incorporated into Cairo.

(dialectal, Egypt) Cairo (the capital and largest city of Egypt)


العلمين

ar-proper noun

اَلْعَلَمَيْن

اَلْعَلَمَيْن • (al-ʕalamayn) f

اَلْعَلَمَيْن (canonical)
al-ʕalamayn (romanization)

Arabic for "the two flags", a dual form of عَلَم (ʕalam, “flag, banner”).

El Alamein (a coastal town in Matruh governorate, Egypt)


تل العمارنة

تَلّ العَمَارْنَة

تَلّ العَمَارْنَة • (tall al-ʕamārna) m

تَلّ العَمَارْنَة (canonical)
tall al-ʕamārna (romanization)

Tel el-Amarna (an archaeological site in Egypt)


الإسكندرية

الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة

الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة • (al-ʔiskandariyya) f

الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (canonical)
al-ʔiskandariyya (romanization)
الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (ar-infl-a definite informal singular triptote)
الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ (ar-infl-a definite nominative singular triptote)
الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةَ (accusative ar-infl-a definite singular triptote)
الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ (ar-infl-a definite genitive singular triptote)

ar-decl-noun

إِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة

→ Azerbaijani: İsgəndəriyyə

→ Bashkir: Искәндәриә (İskəndəriə)

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→ Chagatai: اسکندریه

→ Chagatai: اسکندریه

Uzbek: Iskandariya

→ Ottoman Turkish: اسكندریه

Turkish: İskenderiye

→ Persian: اسکندریه

→ Persian: اسکندریه

ইস্কান্দরিয়া

→ Bengali: ইস্কান্দরিয়া (iskandoriẏa)

→ Gujarati: ઇસ્કંદરિયા (iskandriyā)

اِسکَندَرِیَہ

→ Punjabi: اِسکَندَرِیَہ (īskandariyah)

اِسکَندَرِیَہ

→ Urdu: اِسکَندَرِیَہ

→ Urdu: اِسکَندَرِیَہ

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), full name Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ κατ’ Αἴγυπτον (Alexándreia hē kat’ Aígupton, “Alexandria in Egypt”), with initial Ἀλ- (Al-) reanalyzed as the Arabic definite article, metathesis of ξ /ks/ to /sk/ and the ending -εια (-eia) (pronounced /ia/ in Koine Greek) assimilated to the common Arabic feminine adjectival ending ـِيَّة (-iyya).

ar:الإسكندرية


السويس

ar-proper noun

اَلسُّوَيْس • (as-suways) m

اَلسُّوَيْس (canonical)
as-suways (romanization)

Suez (a port city, the capital city of Suez governorate, Egypt)


الأقصر

الْأُقْصُر • (al-ʔuqṣur) f

الْأُقْصُر (canonical)
al-ʔuqṣur (romanization)
الْأُقْصُر (definite informal singular triptote)
الْأُقْصُرُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
الْأُقْصُرَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
الْأُقْصُرِ (definite genitive singular triptote)

Apparently a corruption of الْقُصُور (al-quṣūr, “the palaces”).

Luxor (a city in Egypt) (located on the site of the ancient Thebes)


أسوان

أَسْوَان • (ʔaswān) f

أَسْوَان (canonical)
ʔaswān (romanization)
أَسْوَان (definite diptote informal singular)
أَسْوَانُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
أَسْوَانَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
أَسْوَانَ (definite diptote genitive singular)

Borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw, s-wn:n-nw:W-T11:niwt


سيناء

سَيْنَاء or سِينَاء • (saynāʔ or sīnāʔ) f

سَيْنَاء (canonical)
سِينَاء (canonical)
saynāʔ (romanization)
sīnāʔ (romanization)
سَيْنَاء (definite diptote informal singular)
سِينَاء (definite diptote informal singular)
سَيْنَاءُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
سِينَاءُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
سَيْنَاءَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
سِينَاءَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
سَيْنَاءَ (definite diptote genitive singular)
سِينَاءَ (definite diptote genitive singular)

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܣܺܝܢܰܝ (sīnay), possibly in the form سِينَى (sīnā).

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سِينَى (sīnā)


بنايوس

ar-proper noun

بَنايُوس • (banāyūs) m

بَنايُوس (canonical)
banāyūs (romanization)
بَنايُوس (definite informal singular triptote)
بَنايُوسٌ (definite nominative singular triptote)
بَنايُوسًا (accusative definite singular triptote)
بَنايُوسٍ (definite genitive singular triptote)


بورسعيد

بُورْسَعِيد • (būrsaʕīd) f

بُورْسَعِيد (canonical)
būrsaʕīd (romanization)

From French Port-Saïd, with the second portion being سَعِيد (saʕīd), named after Sa'id of Egypt.


بورفؤاد

بُورْفُؤَاد • (būrfuʔād) f

بُورْفُؤَاد (canonical)
būrfuʔād (romanization)

From French Port-Fouad, with the second portion being فُؤَاد (fuʔād), named after Fuad I of Egypt.


شرم الشيخ

شَرْم الشَّيْخ

شَرْم الشَّيْخ • (šarm aš-šayḵ) f

شَرْم الشَّيْخ (canonical)
šarm aš-šayḵ (romanization)
شَرْم الشَّيْخ (definite informal singular triptote)
شَرْمُ الشَّيْخِ (definite nominative singular triptote)
شَرْمَ الشَّيْخِ (accusative definite singular triptote)
شَرْمِ الشَّيْخِ (definite genitive singular triptote)

→ English: Sharm el-Sheikh

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שארם א-שייח'

→ Hebrew: שארם א-שייח' (sharm a-shiyakh)

→ Italian: Sharm el-Sheikh

→ Lithuanian: Šarm eš Šeiha

Σαρμ ελ Σέιχ

Όρμος του Σεΐχη

→ Greek: Σαρμ ελ Σέιχ (Sarm el Séich), Όρμος του Σεΐχη (Órmos tou Seḯchi)

/ˌʃaɾ.m‿eʃˈʃeːx/

ar:شرم الشيخ


الإسماعيلية

ar-proper noun

الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيَّة

الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيَّة • (al-ʔismāʕīliyya) f

الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيَّة (canonical)
al-ʔismāʕīliyya (romanization)
الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيَّة (ar-infl-a definite informal singular triptote)
الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيَّةُ (ar-infl-a definite nominative singular triptote)
الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيَّةَ (accusative ar-infl-a definite singular triptote)
الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيَّةِ (ar-infl-a definite genitive singular triptote)

ar-decl-noun

إِسْمَاعِيلِيَّة

→ Azerbaijani: İsmailiyyə

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→ Chagatai: اسماعیلیه

→ Chagatai: اسماعیلیه

Uzbek: Ismoiliya

→ Ottoman Turkish: اسماعیلیه

Turkish: İsmailiye

→ Persian: اسماعیلیه

→ Persian: اسماعیلیه

اِسماعِیلِیَہ

→ Punjabi: اِسماعِیلِیَہ (īsmā‘īliyah)

→ Punjabi: اِسماعِیلِیَہ (īsmā‘īliyah)

اِسماعِیلِیَہ

→ Urdu: اِسماعِیلِیَہ (ismā'īliya)

→ Urdu: اِسماعِیلِیَہ (ismā'īliya)


دمياط

ar-proper noun

دُمْيَاط • (Dumyāṭ) ?

دُمْيَاط (canonical)
Dumyāṭ (romanization)

Damietta (a port city in northern Egypt)


ذات الحمام

ذات الحمام • (Ḏāt al-Ḥumām) ?

(historical) Dhat al-Humam (a former town in Egypt)


الفيوم

الفَيُّوم • (al-fayyūm) f

الفَيُّوم (canonical)
al-fayyūm (romanization)
الْفَيُّوم (definite informal singular triptote)
الْفَيُّومُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
الْفَيُّومَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
الْفَيُّومِ (definite genitive singular triptote)

From Coptic ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ (Ph̀iom, “the sea, Fayum”), from Egyptian pꜣ ym (“Lake Moeris”), from pꜣ (“the”) + ym (“lake”).