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Maveraünnehir

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ماوراءالنهر (maveraünnehir, “Transoxiana”),[1] from Arabic مَا وَرَاءَ النَهْر (mā warāʔa n-nahr, literally “beyond the river”).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maːve.ɾaːyn.neˈhiɾ/
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ve‧ra‧ün‧ne‧hir

Proper noun

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Maveraünnehir

  1. Transoxiana

References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماوراءالنهر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “maveraünnehir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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