Damascus

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

The capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE.

Έννοιες

Δαμασκός

Δαμάσκο

δαμάσκο

Damaskós

Συνώνυμα

Dimash

capital of Syria

Μεταφράσεις

Damas

Damasco

Damascus

Damaskus

Damasco

Damasc

دمشق

Şam

Damasco

Şam

Damascus

الشام

Damascus

Damasc

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/dəˈmæskəs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Εβραϊκά: דַּמֶּשֶׂק

In summary

From Latin Dāmascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic form akin to Hebrew דַּמֶּשֶׂק. Doublet of Dimashq.
The etymology of the ancient name Damascus is uncertain. It is attested as Imerišú (𒀲𒋙) in Akkadian, T-m-ś-q (𓍘𓄟𓊃𓈎𓅱) in Egyptian, Dammaśq (𐡃𐡌𐡔𐡒) in Old Aramaic and Dammeśeq (דַּמֶּשֶׂק) in Biblical Hebrew. A number of Akkadian spellings are found in the Amarna letters, from the 14th century BC: Dimasqa (𒁲𒈦𒋡), Dimàsqì (𒁲𒈦𒀸𒄀), and Dimàsqa (𒁲𒈦𒀸𒋡).