𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕

Phoenician

Alternative forms

• 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt ḥdšt)

Etymology

From 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) +‎ 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”), in comparison to its mother city Tyre. Compare Aramaic ܩܲܪܬܵܐ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ (qartā ḥdattā, “new city”), Arabic قَرْيَة حَدِيثَة (qarya ḥadīṯa, “modern town”), or Hebrew קֶרֶת חֲדָשָׁה (qeret ḥăḏāšāh, “new town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qart ħadaʃt/

Proper noun

𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrtḥdšt)

1. Carthage (a historical city)
   • 2000, Charles R Krahmalkov, Phoenician-Punic Dictionary, Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, page 434:

     [𐤁𐤌𐤀𐤕] 𐤅𐤏𐤎𐤓𐤌 𐤔𐤕 𐤋[𐤔𐤐𐤈] 𐤔𐤐𐤈𐤌 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔[𐤕]

     [bmʾt] wʿsrm št l[špṭ] špṭm bqrtḥdš[t]

     [This stele was erected in the one hundredth] and twentieth year of the [suffeteship] of the Suffetes in Carthage

     [𐤔]𐤐𐤈𐤌 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤅𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕

     [š]pṭm bqrtḥdšt ʾdnbʿl wḥmlkt

     <In the year this stela was erected here> the Suffetes in Carthage were Idnibal and Himilco

     [𐤐𐤍 𐤀𐤔 𐤁]𐤏𐤌 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 𐤁𐤍 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤇𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕 𐤁𐤍 𐤂𐤓𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤁[𐤍 𐤇]𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤌𐤄𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤂𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤁𐤃𐤑𐤃 𐤁𐤍 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤁𐤍 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤕𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤍 𐤐𐤕𐤀 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤓𐤔 𐤁𐤍 𐤂𐤓𐤀 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤌𐤀 𐤁𐤍 𐤇𐤋𐤁𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤇𐤋𐤑𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤑𐤃

     [pn ʾš b]ʿm qrtḥdšt bn ḥnbʿl bn ḥmlkt bn grmlqrt b[n ḥ]nbʿl bn mhrbʿl bn grʾšmn bn bdṣd bn bʿlšmʿ bn ʿbdtynw bn ptʾ bn ʾrš bn grʾ bn ymʾ bn ḥlbn bn ḥlṣbʿl bn mlkṣd

     [This stele was erected by PN a member of the] nation of Carthage, son of Hannibal son of Himilco son of Germilqart son of Hannibal son of Maharbaal son of Geresmūn son of Bodṣid son of Balsamo son of Abdtennaw son of PTʼ son of Aris son of Gera son of YMʼ son of ḤLBN son of Ḥaloṣbaal son of Milkṣid

Descendants

• → Akkadian: 𒃼𒋾𒄩𒁕𒊍𒋾 (qar-ti-ḫa-da-as-ti)
• → Ancient Greek: Καρχηδών (Karkhēdṓn)
  • Greek: Καρχηδόνα (Karchidóna)
  • → Latin: Carchēdōn
• → Etruscan: *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza)
  • → Latin: Carthāgō (see there for further descendants)
• Punic: 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrtḥdšt)

Punic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrtḥdšt, literally “new city”).

Proper noun

𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrtḥdšt)

1. Carthage (a historical city)