Димишқ

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian دَمِشْقْ (damišq), from Arabic دَمِشْقْ (damišq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dimiʃq/, [d̪i.miʃq]

Proper noun

Димишқ • (Dimišq) (Persian spelling دمشق)

  1. 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)
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