طرابلس

Arabic

Alternative forms

• أَطْرَابُلُس (ʔaṭrābulus) (Medieval Arabic)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤa.raː.bu.lus/

• Audio:

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  • (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈtˤ(a)rab.lus/

Proper noun

طَرَابُلُس • (ṭarābulus) f

1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

   Synonym: طَرَابُلُس الغَرْب (ṭarābulus al-ḡarb)

1. Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)

   Synonym: طَرَابُلُس الشَّام (ṭarābulus aš-šām)

Declension

Declension of noun طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	طَرَابُلُس ṭarābulus	—
Nominative	—	طَرَابُلُسُ ṭarābulusu	—
Accusative	—	طَرَابُلُسَ ṭarābulusa	—
Genitive	—	طَرَابُلُسَ ṭarābulusa	—

Derived terms

• طَرَابُلْسِيّ (ṭarābulsiyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Tərabülüs
• → Hausa: Tarabulus
• → Ottoman Turkish: طرابلس (tarabülüs)
• → Persian: طرابلس (tarâbolos)
• → Urdu: طرابلس (tarābulus)
• → Uyghur: تەرابۇلۇس (terabulus)
• → Uzbek: Tarobulus

Libyan Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Western Libya):

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Proper noun

طرابلس (ṭrābləs) f

1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus). Doublet of تیره‌بولی.

Proper noun

طرابلس • (Tarabülüs)

1. Synonym of طرابلس شام (Tarabülüs-i Şam), Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)
2. Synonym of طرابلس غرب (Tarabülüs-i Garb), Tripoli (the capital of Libya)

Descendants

• Turkish: Trablus

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طرابلس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1234

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus), from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.ɾɑː.βu.lus]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.bʊ.lʊs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.bʊ.lʊs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɑː.bʊ.lʊs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔː.bu.lus]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.ɹɒː.bo.los]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.ɾɔ.bu.lus]

Readings
Classical reading?	tarāḇulus
Dari reading?	tarābulus
Iranian reading?	tarâbolos
Tajik reading?	tarobulus

Dari	طرابلس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Таробулус

Proper noun

طرابلس • (tarâbolos)

1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)

1. Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرَابُلُس (ṭarābulus), from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ɾɑː.bʊ.lʊs/

Proper noun

طَرابُلُس • (tarābulus) m (Hindi spelling तराबुलुस)

1. Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)

1. Tripoli (the capital city of Libya)