بسكرة

Arabic

بِسْكَرَة

Etymology

From Tachawit ⵜⵉⴱⴻⵙⴽⴻⵔⵜ (Tibeskert), itself either a retained native Berber word or via Latin Vescera; ultimately from an unidentified native Numidian word for the site by 200 A.D., when the Roman's first captured the region.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bis.ka.ra/

Proper noun

بِسْكَرَة • (biskara) f

1. Biskra
2. Biskra, a wilaya of Algeria