تلمسان

Arabic

تِلِمْسَان (sense 1)

Etymology

Of Berber origin, but the components were intransparent to medieval Berber speakers already.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.lim.saːn/
  • (Maghribi) IPA^(key): /tlam.saːn/

Proper noun

تِلِمْسَان • (tilimsān) f

2. Tlemcen (a city in Algeria)
4. Tlemcen (a province of Algeria)

Declension

Declension of noun تِلِمْسَان (tilimsān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	تِلِمْسَان tilimsān	—
Nominative	—	تِلِمْسَانُ tilimsānu	—
Accusative	—	تِلِمْسَانَ tilimsāna	—
Genitive	—	تِلِمْسَانَ tilimsāna	—

Derived terms

• تِلِمْسَانِيّ (tilimsāniyy)

Further reading

• تلمسان on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
• Souag, Lameen (2024 September 26) “Tlemcen: medieval folk etymologies and their implications”, in Jabal al-Lughat‎^[1]