مصر

See also: مضر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From a common Semitic source; compare Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (mitsráyim), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm), and Akkadian [script needed] (miṣru) or [script needed] (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/
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  • (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. 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))

  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

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Proper noun

مصر (mısır)

  1. Egypt

Noun

مصر (mısır)

  1. maize, corn

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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