القاهرة

Arabic

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القاهرة

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; from قَهَرَ (qahara, “to defeat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.qaː.hi.ra/

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Proper noun

الْقَاهِرَة • (al-qāhira) f

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

Declension

Declension of noun الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْقَاهِرَة al-qāhira	—
Nominative	—	الْقَاهِرَةُ al-qāhiratu	—
Accusative	—	الْقَاهِرَةَ al-qāhirata	—
Genitive	—	الْقَاهِرَةِ al-qāhirati	—

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)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [al.qɑːherɑ]

Proper noun

القاهرة • (al-qahera) f

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

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al.ɡaːh.ra/, [al.qaːh.ra]

Proper noun

القاهرة • (algāhra) f

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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira).

Proper noun

القاهرة • (il-qāhira) f

Cairo (the capital city of Egypt)