القاهرة

Arabic

Etymology

Literally, “the Victorious”, named after an epithet of the planet Mars, النَّجْم القَاهِر‎ (an-najm al-qāhir, “the victorious star”), in reference to Mars' passage above the site of the city at the time of the foundation of its walls in 969 CE.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.qaː.hi.ra/

Proper noun

الْقَاهِرَة • (al-qāhira) f

Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)
Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

قَاهِرِيّ‎ (qāhiriyy)

Descendants

→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܗܝܼܪܵܐ‎ (qāhīrā)
→ Azerbaijani: Qahirə
→ Bashkir: Ҡаһирә (Qahirə)
→ Chagatai: قاهره‎
- Uyghur: قاھىرە‎ (qahire)
- Uzbek: Qohira
→ Hebrew: קָהִיר‎ (kahír)
→ Malay: Kaherah
→ Ottoman Turkish: قاهره‎
- Turkish: Kahire
→ Pashto: قاهره‎
→ Persian: قاهره‎ (qâhere)
→ Punjabi: قاہِرَہ‎ (qāhirah)
→ Sindhi: قاهره‎
→ Tatar: Каһирә (Qahirä)
→ Urdu: قاہِرَہ‎ (qāhira)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

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Proper noun

القاهرة • (il-qāhira) f

Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)

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