مصر

From a common Semitic source; compare Hebrew מִצְרַיִם‎ (miṣráyim), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm), and Akkadian 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿 (miṣru) or 𒈬𒀫 (muṣru). The ending in Hebrew and Ugaritic is the standard dual form, perhaps related to the ancient conceptualization of Egypt as two realms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. The sense of Cairo stemming from the earlier settlement مِصْرُ الفُسْطَاط‎ (miṣru l-fusṭāṭ, “the Civil Center of Assembly”, literally “of the large camel-hair tents, assembly halls”) that was incorporated. Conflated with the root م ص ر‎ (m-ṣ-r) in some senses (see below).

• IPA^(key): /misˤr/

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مِصْر • (miṣr) f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
2. (dialectal, Egypt) Cairo (a city in Egypt)

• مِصْرِيّ‎ (miṣriyy, “Egyptian”)
• مِصْرِيَّة‎ (miṣriyya, “Egyptian woman”)
• مَصَّرَ‎ (maṣṣara, “to Egyptianize”)
• تَمَصَّرَ‎ (tamaṣṣara, “to become Egyptian”)
• مِصْرِيَّة‎ (miṣriyya, “Egyptianism”)

• → Ottoman Turkish: مصر‎ (Mısır) (see there for further descendants)
• → Swahili: Umisri

From the root م ص ر‎ (m-ṣ-r), whose significations may have been partially influenced by the name of the North African region.

مِصْر • (miṣr) m (plural أَمْصَار‎ (ʔamṣār))

1. border, boundary, limit, march, neighboring territory
2. separate area, district, province, city-state
3. big city, metropolis, capital
4. garrison town, a military fort, an incorporated area; a colony often to establish regional control, a civilizing or cultural settlement,
   1. (in the dual) Kufa and Basra
   2. (in the dual) Fustat and Kairouan

• مَصَّرَ‎ (maṣṣara, “to found (a city), to settle; to urbanize”)
• تَمَصَّرَ‎ (tamaṣṣara, “to become a city”)

From the root م ص ر‎ (m-ṣ-r), with senses relating to Egypt deriving directly from مِصْر‎ (miṣr, “Egypt”).

مَصَّرَ • (maṣṣara) II, non-past يُمَصِّرُ‎‎ (yumaṣṣiru)

1. (transitive) to build or found (a city), to settle or people (a region), to colonize; to civilize

   Synonyms: اِسْتَعْمَرَ‎ (istaʕmara), اِسْتَوْطَنَ‎ (istawṭana)

2. (transitive) to make Egyptian, to Egyptianize

• تَمْصِير‎ (tamṣīr, “settlement, civilization, colonization; Egyptianization”)

Derived from the active participle of أَصَرّ‎ (ʔaṣarr, “to persist in”), from the root ص ر ر‎ (ṣ-r-r).

مُصِرّ • (muṣirr) (feminine مُصِرَّة‎ (muṣirra), masculine plural مُصِرُّونَ‎ (muṣirrūna), feminine plural مُصِرَّات‎ (muṣirrāt))

1. insistent

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “مصر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /masˤr/

مصر • (maṣr)

1. Egypt (a country in Africa)

From Arabic مِصْر‎ (miṣr).

• IPA^(key): /masˤur/, [masˤʊr]

مَصُر • (maṣur) f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

• مَصْري‎ (maṣri)
• مَصْرية‎ (maṣriyya)

From Arabic مِصْر‎ (miṣr).

• IPA^(key): /misˤr/

مِصْر • (miṣr) f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

• مصري‎ (miṣri)

From Arabic مِصْر‎ (miṣr, “Egypt”).

مصر • (Mısır)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

• مصرلو‎ (Mısırlı)

• Turkish: Mısır
• → Romanian: Misir
• → Middle Armenian: Մսըր (Msər), Մսր (Msr)
  • Armenian: Մսըր (Msər)

مصر • (mısır)

1. maize, corn

• Turkish: mısır
• → Albanian: misër

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مصر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1877

From Arabic مِصْر‎ (miṣr).

• (rare) IPA^(key): /mɪsɾ/
• IPA^(key): /mis.ar/

مصر • (misr) m

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

From Arabic مِصْر‎ (miṣr).

• Vocalised Persian: مِصْر

مصر • (mesr)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

• مصرشناس‎ (mesr-šenâs)
• مصرشناسی‎ (mesr-šenâsi)
• مصری‎ (mesri)

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْر‎ (miṣr).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mɪsəɾə̆/

مِصَر • (miṣar) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਿਸਰ)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Middle East)

From Arabic مِصْر‎ (miṣr).

• IPA^(key): /masˤr/, [ˈmɑ.sˤ(ɪ)rˤ]

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مصر • (maṣr) f

1. Egypt (a country in Africa)

• مصري‎ (maṣri, “Egyptian”)
• مصاري‎ (maṣāri, “money”)

Borrowed from Arabic مِصْر‎ (miṣr).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɪsɾ/, /mɪ.səɾ/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /mɪsɾ/, /mɪ.səɾ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsɾ, -əɾ

مِصْر • (misr) f (Hindi spelling मिस्र)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Middle East)

   ‏مصر جانے کو جی مچلتا ہے۔‎‎

   misr jāne ko jī macaltā hai.

   My heart yearns to go to Egypt.

• (Middle East) مشرق وسطی‎ (maśriq-e vust̤á); سعودی عرب‎ (saʻūdī ʻarab), مصر (miṣr) عراق‎ (ʻirāq), ایران‎ (īrān), اردن‎ (urdan), شام‎ (śām), ترکی‎ (turkī), قبرص‎ (qabraṣ) فلسطین‎ (filisṭīn) اسرائیل‎ (isrā'īl) لبنان‎ (libnān) یمن‎ (yaman) عمان‎ (ʻumān) متحدہ عرب امارات‎ (mutaḥidda ʻarab imārāt) قطر‎ (qaṭar) بحرین‎ (baḥrīn) کویت‎ (kuvet) ^{(Category: ur:Middle East)}

• “مصر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مصر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.