Glossary of Arabic terms found in Arabic toponyms
PEF Survey of Western Palestine Key Map The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic toponyms . A significant number of them were put together during the PEF Survey of Palestine carried out in the second half of the 19th century.
'Ain, pl.: `Ayūn, ʿUyūn Spring, fountain, source.[ 1] El Aaiún Ab, Abu Father; as a geographical term it signifies "producing", "containing", etc.;[ 1] Arak, pl.: Arkan Cavern or cliff (among various meanings);[ 1] All pages with titles containing Arak Bab, pl.: Buwab Gate.[ 1] Bab el-Mandeb ; see All pages with titles containing Bab Bahr Arabic : بحر - Sea, large river.[ 1] All pages with titles containing Bahr Beit House.[ 1] All pages with titles containing Beit Balad Arabic : بلد (sometimes transliterated as Beled or Belled) - Town;[ 1] All pages with titles containing Balad Bir Arabic : بير , Well;[ 1] All pages with titles containing Bir Birkeh Artificial pool, tank;[ 1] All pages with titles containing Birkeh Buhayra, Baheirah Arabic : بحيرة , Lake, lagoon;[ 1] Burj Arabic : برج , Tower, castle;[ 1] All pages with titles containing Burj Casbah a kind of medina (old city) or fortress; cf. "Qasba "; see All pages with titles containing Casbah Deir wikt:دير monastery, convent, cloister (often ruins thereof);[ 1] All pages with titles containing Deir Derb wikt:درب road, pass;[ 1] All pages with titles containing Derb Dhahr wikt: ridge;[ 1] All pages with titles containing Dhahr Haram Sacred place;[ 1] All pages with titles containing Haram Haud Reservoir,[ 1] All pages with titles containing Haud Ibn Son; as a geographical term it signifies "producing", "containing", etc.[ 1] All pages with titles containing Ibn Jama'a, Djama'a, Jami'a place of gathering, community, mosque;[ 1] Jazira , Jezireh, JeziretIsland;[ 1] Jebel, Djebel, Jebal, Jabal mountain;[ 1] Jisr bridge;[ 1] All pages with titles containing Jisr Jubb (Arabic: جُبّ ): well, pit;[ 1] All pages with titles containing Jubb Kasbah , Kasba, Kasaba See Qasba Khirbet, Khurbet, Khirbat, etc. is the conjunctive form "ruin of" (خربة) of the Arabic word for "ruin" (خرب , khirba , kharab ("ruined")) Ksar , qsar, plural: ksour, qsourMaghrebi Arabic ; See "Qasr" Kul'ah,[ 1] Arabic, Persian. See "Qalat" Mazar مزار : shrine, grave, tomb, etc. cf. "Mazar (mausoleum) ". The placename usually refers to a grave of a saint, ruler, etc.. Examples: Mazar-i-Sharif Mazra', Mazra'a, Al-Mazra'a, Mazraa مزرعة , mazraʿa: farm, مزرع , mazraʿ: field, farmland, origin for majra , hamlet in Indian subcontinent Nahr wikt:نهر , river, e.g., Nahr-e Mian ; see All pages with titles containing Nahr-e Oued In North African Arabic , same as Wadi ; see All pages with titles containing Oued Qabr, Kabr, pl.:Qubūr Arabic : قَبْر , pl. Arabic : قُبُور - tomb, grave[ 1] Qal'at, Qalat , Qala , Qalaat, Qal'a Arabic, Persian. Fortified place, fort, fortress, castle; see All pages with titles containing Qalat Casbah , Kasbah , Qasba, Qasbah, QasabaArabic: القصبة , romanized: al-qasaba medina (old city) or fortress Qasr, Kasr, al-Qasr, pl.:Qusūr Arabic: قصر , lit. Latin castrum qasr Ras wikt:رأس , head, cape, top, peak, etc.,[ 1] All pages with titles containing Ras Rujm , plural: rujumwikt:رجم , mound, cairn , hill, spur, and also as "stone heap" or "tumulus ".[ 4] [ 5] [ 1] souk , sūq, souqwikt:سوق , "market" Umm Mother; as a geographical term it signifies "producing", "containing", etc.; cf. "Mother of all ";[ 1] All pages with titles containing Umm Wadi , Wad, North African Arabic : see Oued Watercourse: stream (often intermittent stream ), sometimes dry waterbed, valley [ 1] The intro to a 1950s gazeteer for 35,000 placenames of Arabian Peninsula and surrounding waters and islands contains a glossary of generic toponymic features
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