Ctesiphon in Arabic
المَدَائِن al-madāʔin
/ˈtɛsɪfɒn/US/ˈtɛsɪfɑn/
Ctesiphon in Arabic: المَدَائِن (al-madāʔin), قُطَيْسَفُون (quṭaysafūn), طَيْسَفُون (ṭaysafūn). In English, Ctesiphon means an ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.
Arabic words for Ctesiphon
- ancient ruined city
- المَدَائِن al-madāʔin, قُطَيْسَفُون quṭaysafūn, طَيْسَفُون ṭaysafūn
English meaning of Ctesiphon
- proper noun An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.
Ctesiphon in other languages
Questions about Ctesiphon in Arabic
- What is the meaning of Ctesiphon in Arabic?
- Ctesiphon in Arabic is المَدَائِن (al-madāʔin), قُطَيْسَفُون (quṭaysafūn), طَيْسَفُون (ṭaysafūn).
- ما معنى كلمة Ctesiphon؟
- Ctesiphon: المَدَائِن (al-madāʔin), قُطَيْسَفُون (quṭaysafūn), طَيْسَفُون (ṭaysafūn).
- What does Ctesiphon mean in English?
- Ctesiphon means an ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ctesiphon (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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