برطانية
Arabic
Alternative forms
- بِرِيطانِيَا (birīṭāniyā)
Etymology
Probably from Latin Britannia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Arabic) IPA(key): /bi.ri.tˤaː.ni.ja/
- (Modern Standard Arabic) IPA(key): /bar.tˤaː.ni.ja/
Proper noun
بِرِطَانِيَة or بَرْطَانِيَة • (biriṭāniya or barṭāniya) f
- (rare or obsolete) Britain (an island in Northern Europe), Britannia
- Synonyms: إنْكِلْتِرَة (ʾinkiltira, “England”), إنْكِلْترا, إنْجِلْتِرَا (ʾinjiltirā), إنْقِلْطَارَّة (ʾinqilṭārra)
- Brittany (a region in northwest France)
Descendants
- → Classical Persian: برطانیه (biritâniya)
- → Pashto: برطانيه (bartānya)
- → Urdu: برطانیہ (bartāniyā)