سوریه

See also: سورية and سوریہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سورية.

Proper noun

سوریه • (sûriyye)

1. (historical) Syria (an ancient region in the Levant in Western Asia, roughly coextensive with the modern country of Syria)
2. (historical) Syria (an ancient Roman province between 64 BCE and 135 CE)
3. Vilayet of Syria, Vilayet of Damascus (a former vilayet in the Ottoman Empire)

Derived terms

• سوریه‌لو (sûriyye-li)

Descendants

• Turkish: Suriye

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سوریه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1090

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic سُورِيَة (sūriya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [suː.ɾi.ˈja]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.ɾi.jǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.ɾi.jǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [suː.ɾi.jǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [su.ɾi.jǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [suː.ɹi.jé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [su.ɾi.jǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sūriya
Dari reading?	sūriya
Iranian reading?	suriye
Tajik reading?	suriya

Proper noun

Dari	سوریه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Сурия

سوریه • (suriye)

1. Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• سوری (suri)