Maveraünnehir
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ماوراءالنهر (maveraünnehir, “Transoxiana”)[1], from Arabic مَا وَرَاءَ النَهْر (mā warāʔa n-nahr, literally “beyond the river”)[2].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maː.ve.ɾaːˈyn.ne.hiɾ/
- Hyphenation: me‧ve‧ra‧ün‧ne‧hir
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ماوراءالنهر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “maveraünnehir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mâverâ’ü’n-nehr”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3083
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