Мадина

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian مَدِینَه (madīna), from Arabic الْمَدِينَة (al-madīna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madina/, [mä.d̪i.nä]

Proper noun

Мадина • (Madina) (Persian spelling مدینه)

1. Medina (a province of Saudi Arabia)
2. Medina (a city, the provincial capital of Medina province, Saudi Arabia, holy to Islam, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hijra was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb)