اللاذقية

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.laː.ði.qij.ja/

Proper noun

اللَّاذِقِيَّة • (al-lāḏiqiyya) f

1. Latakia (a city in Syria)

Declension

Declension of noun اللَّاذِقِيَّة (al-lāḏiqiyya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	اللَّاذِقِيَّة al-lāḏiqiyya	—
Nominative	—	اللَّاذِقِيَّةُ al-lāḏiqiyyatu	—
Accusative	—	اللَّاذِقِيَّةَ al-lāḏiqiyyata	—
Genitive	—	اللَّاذِقِيَّةِ al-lāḏiqiyyati	—

Derived terms

• لَاذِقَانِيّ (lāḏiqāniyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Laziqiyyə
• → Chagatai: لاذقیه
  • Uyghur: لازىقىيە (laziqiye)
  • Uzbek: Loziqiya
• → Ottoman Turkish: لازقیه (lazkiye)
  • Turkish: Lazkiye
• → Persian: لاذقیه
• → Punjabi: لاذِقِیَہ (lāẕiqiyah)
• → Urdu: لاذِقِیَہ (lāziqiya)

Further reading

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