Aleppo

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria
2. A governorate of Syria.

Sinonieme

Alep

Halab

Vertalings

Alep

حلب

Aleppo

Aleppo

Aleppo

Halep

Alepo

Heleb

Alepo

Alep

Χαλέπι

شهباء

Beroea

حَلَب

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈlɛpəʊ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Hetities: 𒄬𒉺

Verwante met Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎍𐎁

Verwante met Aramees: חלב

Verwante met Classical Armenian: Խաղաբ

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: Χαλιβών

Verwante met Classical Syriac: ܚܰܠܰܒ

In summary

From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (Haleb, vulg. Halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of uncertain origin. Theorized to be from Arabic حَلَبَ (ḥalaba, “gave out milk”), coming from the ancient tradition that Abraham gave milk to travelers as they moved throughout the region. Attested in Akkadian as 𒌷𒄩𒆷𒀊𒆠 (ᵁᴿᵁḫa-la-abᴷᴵ, “Ḫalab/Ḫalap”), Hittite 𒄬𒉺 (Ḥalpa), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎁 (ḥlb), Aramaic חלב (Ḥlb), Old Armenian Խաղաբ (Xałab), Ancient Greek Χαλιβών (Khalibṓn), and Classical Syriac ܚܰܠܰܒ (Ḥalpa).