طرابلس شام
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic طَرَابُلُس الشَّام (ṭarābulus aš-šām, literally “Tripoli of Syria”), as opposed to طَرَابُلُس الغَرْب (ṭarābulus al-ḡarb, literally “Tripoli of the West”) (whence Ottoman Turkish طرابلس غرب (tarâbülüs-i garb)).
Proper noun
طرابلس شام • (tarâbülüs-i şâm)
- Tripoli (a city in Lebanon)
Descendants
- Turkish: Trablusşam