مصر

See also: مضر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From a common Semitic source; compare Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (mitsráyim), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm), and Akkadian 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿 (miṣru) or 𒈬𒀫 (muṣru). The ending in Hebrew and Ugaritic is the standard dual form, perhaps related to the ancient conceptualization of Egypt as two realms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /misˁr/
  • (file)
  • (Egyptian) IPA(key): /masˁr/, IPA(key): /musˁr/, IPA(key): /misˁr/
  • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /ma.sˁur/

Proper noun

مِصْر (miṣr) f

  1. Egypt
  2. (colloquial) Cairo
Declension

Noun

مِصْر (miṣr) m (plural أَمْصَار (ʾamṣār))

  1. border, boundary, limit, march, neighboring territory
  2. separate area, district, province, city-state
  3. big city, metropolis, capital
Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of أَصَرّ (ʾaṣarr, to persist in), from the root ص ر ر (ṣ-r-r).

Adjective

مُصِرّ (muṣirr) (feminine مُصِرَّة (muṣirra), masculine plural مُصِرُّون (muṣirrūn), feminine plural مُصِرَّات (muṣirrāt))

  1. insistent
Declension

Etymology 3

Denominal verb from مِصْر (miṣr, metropolis).

Verb

مَصَّرَ (maṣṣara) II, non-past يُمَصِّرُ‎ (yumaṣṣiru)

  1. to found, to build, to settle, to civilize, to colonize
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • تَمْصِير (tamṣīr, settlement, civilization, colonization; Egyptianization)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), مصر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

مَصُر
عَلَم مَصُر

Etymology

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /masˁur/, [masˁʊr]

Proper noun

مَصُر (maṣur) f

  1. Egypt

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr, Egypt).

Proper noun

مصر (mısır)

  1. Egypt

Etymology 2

Noun

مصر (mısır)

  1. maize, corn
Descendants

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

  • (rare) IPA(key): /mɪsɾ/
  • IPA(key): /mis.ar/

Proper noun

مصر (misr) m

  1. Egypt

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

مصر (mesr)

  1. Egypt

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Proper noun

مصر (misr) f (Hindi spelling मिस्र)

  1. Egypt
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