مدينة

A borrowing from Aramaic מְדִינְתָּא (məḏīntā) or Classical Syriac ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܿܵܐ (məḏīttā). Cognate with Hebrew מדינה (məḏînâ, “state”), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎄𐎐𐎚 (mdnt). The root م د ن (m-d-n) is denominal.

• IPA^(key): /ma.diː.na/

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مَدِينَة • (madīna) f (plural مُدُن (mudun) or مَدَائِن (madāʔin) or مُدْن (mudn))

1. town, city
2. jurisdiction

• الْمَدِينَة (al-madīna)
• مَدِينِيّ (madīniyy)

• Maltese: Mdina
• Cypriot Arabic: mtine
• Gulf Arabic: مَدينة (madina)
• Moroccan Arabic: مدينة (mdīna)
  • → Tarifit: tamdint
• → Bengali: মদিনা (modina)
• → French: médina
• → English: medina
• → Kabyle: tamdint (“city”)

• بَلَد m or f (balad)
• قَرْيَة f (qarya)

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 280
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “مدن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Root
م د ن
1 term

From Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna).

• IPA^(key): /mdiː.na/

مدينة • (mdīna) f (plural مدن (mudun) or مدون (mdūn) or مدينات (mdīnāt))

1. town, city

• → Tarifit: tamdint

• قرية (qarya, “village”)
• عروبية (ʕrūbiyya, “countryside”)
• دوار (duwwār, “village”)

From Arabic مَدِينَة (madīna).

• IPA^(key): /ma.diː.ne/, [maˈdiː.ne]
• IPA^(key): /ma.diː.na/, [maˈdiː.na]

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مدينة • (madīne) f (plural مدن (mudon))

1. city, town

   Synonym: بلد (balad, “town, village”)

• المدينة المنورة (il-madīne l-munawwara, “Medina”, literally “the illuminated city”)

• قرية (qarye, “village”)