الإسكندرية

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), full name Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ κατ’ Αἴγυπτον (Alexándreia hē kat’ Aígupton, “Alexandria in Egypt”), with initial Ἀλ- (Al-) reanalyzed as the Arabic definite article, metathesis of ξ /ks/ to /sk/ and the ending -εια (-eia) (pronounced /ia/ in Koine Greek) assimilated to the common Arabic feminine adjectival ending ـِيَّة (-iyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ʔis.kan.da.rij.ja/

Proper noun

الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة • (al-ʔiskandariyya) f

1. Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
2. Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt)
3. Alexandria (a city in Virginia, United States)

Declension

Declension of noun الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔiskandariyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة al-ʔiskandariyya	—
Nominative	—	الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ al-ʔiskandariyyatu	—
Accusative	—	الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةَ al-ʔiskandariyyata	—
Genitive	—	الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ al-ʔiskandariyyati	—

Derived terms

• إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيّ (ʔiskandarāniyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: İsgəndəriyyə
• → Bashkir: Искәндәриә (İskəndəriə)
• → Chagatai: اسکندریه
  • Uzbek: Iskandariya
• → Ottoman Turkish: اسكندریه
  • Turkish: İskenderiye
• → Persian: اسکندریه
  • → Bengali: ইস্কান্দরিয়া (iskandoriẏa)
  • → Gujarati: ઇસ્કંદરિયા (iskandriyā)
  • → Punjabi: اِسکَندَرِیَہ (īskandariyah)
  • → Urdu: اِسکَندَرِیَہ

References

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