"دمشق" meaning in South Levantine Arabic

See دمشق in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /di.maʃq/, [dɪˈmaʃq] Audio: LL-Q55633582 (ajp)-AdrianAbdulBaha-دمشق.wav Forms: dimašq [romanization]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq). Etymology templates: {{lbor|ajp|ar|دِمَشْق}} Learned borrowing from Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq) Head templates: {{ajp-proper noun|g=f|tr=dimašq}} دمشق • (dimašq) f
  1. (formal) Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE) Tags: formal Categories (place): Cities in Syria, Places in Syria Synonyms: الشام
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