مصر

مِصْر (canonical)
misr (romanization)
मिस्र (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مِصْر (misr), from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

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قِبْرِص فِلِسْطِین اِسْرائِیل لِبْنان یَمَن عُمان مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات قَطَر بَحْرِین کُوَیت

مصر جانے کو جی مچلتا ہے

2004, مرزا طاہر احمد [Mirza Tahir Ahmad], رَبِّ اِنِّی لِمَا اَنزَلتَ اِلَیَّ مِن خَیر فَقِیر (poetry), quoted in کلامِ طاہر [Kalam-e-Tahir], pages 99-100:

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


ترکی

ur-proper noun

تُرْکی • (turkī) m (Hindi spelling तुर्की)

تُرْکی (canonical)
turkī (romanization)
तुर्की (Hindi)

Phono-semantic matching of English Turkey.

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شمالی
میسیڈونیا

شمالی
میسیڈونیا

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شمالی میسیڈونیا

شمالی
میسیڈونیا

شمالی
میسیڈونیا

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بوسنیا و ہرزیگووینا

بوسنیا و ہرزیگووینا

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بوسنیا و ہرزیگووینا

بوسنیا و ہرزیگووینا

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شمالی آئرلینڈ

شمالی آئرلینڈ

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شمالی آئرلینڈ

شمالی آئرلینڈ

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بحر
اوقیانوس

بحر
اوقیانوس

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بحر اوقیانوس

بحر
اوقیانوس

بحر
اوقیانوس

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متحدہ عرب امارات

متحدہ عرب امارات

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متحدہ عرب امارات

phono-semantic matching

Turkey (a country in Asia and Europe) [from 20th c.], Republic of Turkey


ایران

اِیران (canonical)
īrān (romanization)
ईरान (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیرَان (īrān), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾyr ʾn /ērān/).

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Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


عراق

ur-proper noun

عِراق • ('irāq) m (Hindi spelling इराक़)

عِراق (canonical)
'irāq (romanization)
इराक़ (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عِراق ('irāq), from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

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Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


اسرائیل

ur-proper noun

اِسْرائِیل • (isrāīl) m (Hindi spelling इस्राइल)

اِسْرائِیل (canonical)
isrāīl (romanization)
इस्राइल (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl), itself from Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisrá'él).


اردن

ur-proper noun

اُرْدُن • (urdun) m (Hindi spelling उर्दुन)

اُرْدُن (canonical)
urdun (romanization)
उर्दुन (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian اُرْدُن (urdun), itself from Arabic الْأُرْدُنّ (al-ʔurdunn).

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Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


فلسطین

ur-proper noun

فِلِسْطِین • (filistīn) m (Hindi spelling फ़िलिस्तीन)

فِلِسْطِین (canonical)
filistīn (romanization)
फ़िलिस्तीन (Hindi)

فِ‧لِسْ‧طِین

Borrowed from Arabic فِلَسْطِين (filasṭīn), likely influenced by Classical Persian فلسطین (falastīn). Compare Punjabi فَلَسْطِین (falast̤īn).

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(historical or politically charged, see usage notes) Palestine (The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)

Palestine (A partly-recognized country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)


کویت

ur-proper noun

کُوَیْت • (kuvait) m (Hindi spelling कुवैत)

کُوَیْت (canonical)
kuvait (romanization)
कुवैत (Hindi)

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


لبنان

لِبْنان • (libnān) m (Hindi spelling लेबनान)

لِبْنان (canonical)
libnān (romanization)
लेबनान (Hindi)

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


یمن

یَمَن (canonical)
yaman (romanization)
यमन (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian یمن (yaman), from Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman).

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Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


عمان

عُمان (canonical)
'umān (romanization)
ओमान (Hindi)

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متحدہ عرب امارات

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Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


کردستان

ur-proper noun

کُرْدِسْتان • (kurdistān) m (Hindi spelling कुर्दिस्तान)

کُرْدِسْتان (canonical)
kurdistān (romanization)
कुर्दिस्तान (Hindi)

کُرْ‧دِسْ‧تان

From کرد (Kurd) + ـستان (-istān, “land of...”), or possibly borrowed from Classical Persian کردستان (kurdistān).

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Kurdistan (A region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds. It encompasses 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)

(by extension) Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)


شام

Borrowed from Classical Persian شام (šām, “Greater Syria; Levant”), from Arabic الشَّام (aš-šām, “Levant; Damascus”).

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متحدہ عرب امارات

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Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

(by extension) Greater Syria, the Levant (a region of Western Asia, in the Middle East)


بحرین

ur-proper noun

بَحْرِین • (bahrīn) m (Hindi spelling बहरीन)

بَحْرِین (canonical)
bahrīn (romanization)
बहरीन (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn), possibly influenced by Persian بحرین (bahreyn).

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الْبَحْرَيْن

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


قبرص

ur-proper noun

قِبْرِص • (qibris) m (Hindi spelling क़िब्रिस)

قِبْرِص (canonical)
qibris (romanization)
क़िब्रिस (Hindi)

Borrowed from Arabic قُبْرُص (qubruṣ), likely influenced by Persian قبرس (qebres).

Cyprus (an island in the Mediterranean Sea between the regions Europe and Middle East).


سعودی عرب

ur-noun

سَعُودی عَرَب

سَعُودی عَرَب • (saʻūdī ʻarab) m (Hindi spelling सउदी अरब)

سَعُودی عَرَب (canonical)
saʻūdī ʻarab (romanization)
सउदी अरब (Hindi)

سَعُو‧دی‧عَ‧رَب

Saudi Arabia (a country in the Middle East).


مشرق وسطی

ur-proper noun

مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ

مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ • (maśriq-i vustā) m (Hindi spelling मश्रिक़-ए-वुस्ता)

مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (canonical)
maśriq-i vustā (romanization)
मश्रिक़-ए-वुस्ता (Hindi)

/məʃ.ɾɪq.eː ʋʊs.t̪ɑː/

Calque of English Middle East, with مشرق (maśriq, “east”) + ِ (-i, “izafat construction”) + وسطی (vust̤ā, “middle”).

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Middle East (region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)


متحدہ عرب امارات

ur-noun

مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات

مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات • (muttahida 'arab imārāt) m pl (Hindi spelling मुत्तहिदा अरब इमारात)

مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (canonical)
muttahida 'arab imārāt (romanization)
मुत्तहिदा अरब इमारात (Hindi)

/mʊt̪.t̪ə.ɦɪ.d̪ɑː ə.ɾəb ɪ.mɑː.ɾɑːt̪/

Calque of Arabic الْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَّة الْمُتَّحِدَة (al-ʔimārāt al-ʕarabiyya l-muttaḥida).

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United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

United Arab Emirates (a country in Asia).


دیار مقدسہ

ur-proper noun

دَیَارِ مُقَدَّسَہ

दयार-ए-मुक़द्दसा

دَیَارِ مُقَدَّسَہ • (dayār-e-muqaddasa) m (Hindi spelling दयार-ए-मुक़द्दसा)

دَیَارِ مُقَدَّسَہ (canonical)
dayār-e-muqaddasa (romanization)
दयार-ए-मुक़द्दसा (Hindi)

دَ‧یا‧رِ‧مُ‧قَد‧دَ‧سَہ

From Classical Persian دیارِ مقدسه (diyār-i muqaddasa). By surface analysis, دَیَار (dayār, “land; region”) + مُقَدَّسَہ (muqaddasa, “Holy; scared”).

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the Holy Land (a region in the Middle East, consisting of Palestine and Israel, where Biblical events are set).