Babil

See also: babil

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بابل (Bābil),[1][2] from Persian بابل (Bâbel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːbil/
  • Hyphenation: Ba‧bil

Proper noun

Babil

  1. Babylonia (an ancient empire in Mesopotamia in West Asia)
  2. Babylon (an ancient city in Mesopotamia, capital of Babylonia)

Declension

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بابل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 314
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بابل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 231
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