Damascus

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

Damasco

Sinónimos

Dimash

capital of Syria

Traducciones

Damas

Damasco

Damascus

Damaskus

Damasc

دمشق

Damasco

Şam

Δαμασκός

Şam

الشام

Damascus

Damascus

Damasc

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dəˈmæskəs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con hebreo: 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).