سوریه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Proper noun
سوریه • (sûriyye)
- (historical) Syria (a historical region of West Asia, extending from modern-day southeast Turkey to the north, the Euphrates and Arabian Desert to the east, the Sinai Peninsula to the south, and the Mediterranean sea to the west)
- (historical) Syria (an ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 198 CE)
- Vilayet of Syria, Vilayet of Damascus (a former vilayet in the Ottoman Empire)
Derived terms
- سوریهلو (sûriyye-li)
Descendants
- Turkish: Suriye
Further reading
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سوریه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1090
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سوریه (sūriyya), from Arabic سُورِيَّة (sūriyya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /surja/
Proper noun
سوریه • (sūrya)
- Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic سُورِيَّة (sūriyya).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /suː.rij.ˈja/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [suː.ɾi.já]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [suː.ɹi.jé]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [su.ɾi.já]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sūriyya |
| Dari reading? | sūriya |
| Iranian reading? | suriye |
| Tajik reading? | suriya |
Proper noun
سوریه • (sūriyya / suriye) (Tajik spelling Сурия)
- Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Related terms
- سوری (sūrī / suri)