Khartoum

English

Etymology

Possibly from Arabic خُرْطُوم‎ (ḵurṭūm, “elephant trunk”), but more likely from Arabic قُرْطُم‎ (qurṭum, “safflower”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɑː(ɹ)ˈtuːm/
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Rhymes: -uːm

Proper noun

Khartoum

The capital city of Sudan.

Derived terms

Khartoumer
Khartoumian

Translations

capital of Sudan

Albanian: Kartumi m
Amharic: ካርቱም (kartum)
Arabic: الْخُرْطُوم‎ (ar) f (al-ḵurṭūm)
Armenian: Խարթում (hy) (Xartʿum)
Azerbaijani: Xartum (az)
Belarusian: Харту́м m (Xartúm)
Bengali: খার্তুম (khartum)
Bulgarian: Харту́м m (Hartúm)
Burmese: ခါတွမ်းမြို့ (hka-twam:mrui.)
Catalan: Khartum m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喀土穆 (zh) (Kātǔmù)
Czech: Chartúm (cs) m
Danish: Khartoum n
Dutch: Khartoem (nl) n
Esperanto: Ĥartumo
Estonian: Hartum (et)
Finnish: Khartum (fi)
French: Khartoum (fr) f
Galician: Khartún (gl) m
Georgian: ხარტუმი (xarṭumi)
German: Khartum (de) n
Greek: Χαρτούμ (el) (Chartoúm)
Hebrew: חַ'רְטוּם‎ f (h'artum), חֻ'רטוּם‎ f (h'urtum)
Hindi: ख़ार्तूम m (xārtūm), खार्तूम m (khārtūm)
Hungarian: Kartúm (hu)
Icelandic: Kartúm, Kartúm
Ido: Khartoum
Indonesian: Khartoum
Irish: Cartúm m
Italian: Khartum f
Japanese: ハルツーム (Harutsūmu)
Kazakh: Хартум (Xartum)
Khmer: ខាទុំ (km) (khaatum)
Korean: 하르툼 (Hareutum)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Xertûm (ku), Xartûm
Kyrgyz: Хартум (Hartum)
Latvian: Hartūma f
Lithuanian: Chartumas m
Macedonian: Картум m (Kartum)
Malay: Khartoum
Maltese: Kartum m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Хартум (Xartum)
Navajo: Kʼaatʼóóm
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Khartoum
Nynorsk: Khartoum
Ossetian: Хартум (Xartum)
Pashto: خرطوم‎ (ps) m (xartum)
Persian: خارطوم‎ (xârtum), خرطوم‎ (fa) (xartum, xurtum)
Polish: Chartum (pl) m
Portuguese: Cartum (pt) f
Romanian: Khartoum (ro)
Russian: Харту́м m (Xartúm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Картум m
Roman: Kartum m
Silesian: Chartům m
Slovak: Chartúm m
Slovene: Kartum (sl) m
Spanish: Jartum (es) m
Swahili: Khartoum
Swedish: Khartoum (sv) n
Tajik: Хартум (Xartum)
Tamil: கார்த்தூம் (kārttūm)
Tatar: Хартум (Xartum)
Thai: คาร์ทูม (kaa-tuum)
Tibetan: ཁར་ཏུམ (khar tum)
Turkish: Hartum
Turkmen: Hartum
Ukrainian: Харту́м m (Xartúm)
Urdu: خرطوم‎ (xartūm)
Uyghur: خارتۇم‎ (xartum)
Uzbek: Xartum
Vietnamese: Khắc-tum
Welsh: Khartoum
Yiddish: כאַרטום‎ n (khartum)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Khartoum f

Alternative spelling of Cartum