الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (name)
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-
Proto-Indo-European *-seti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti
Proto-Hellenic *aléksōder.
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λέξω (ăléxō)
Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr
Proto-Hellenic *anḗr
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρ- (ăndr-)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος (Ăléxăndros)
Ancient Greek -υς (-us)?
Pre-Greekder.?
Proto-Hellenic *-eús
Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)?
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă)
Ancient Greek -ειᾰ (-eiă)
Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia)der.
Arabic الإسكندرية
From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), full name Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ κατ’ Αἴγυπτον (Alexándreia hē kat’ Aígupton, “Alexandria in Egypt”), with initial Ἀλ- (Al-) reanalyzed as the Arabic definite article, metathesis of ξ /ks/ to /sk/ and the ending -εια (-eia) (pronounced /ia/ in Koine Greek) assimilated to the common Arabic feminine adjectival ending ـِيَّة (-iyya).
اقرأ بقية المقتطف
Meaning: Alexandria (a city in Egypt); Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt); Alexandria (a city in Virginia, United States)
From Wiktionary: الإسكندرية, by Wiktionary contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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