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Nusaybin

Nusaybin proper noun: a city in Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey, the ancient Nisibis.

Proper noun

Nusaybin

  1. A city in Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey, the ancient Nisibis.
    Synonyms:
    Nisibis

Synonyms of Nusaybin

Origin of Nusaybin

From Turkish Nusaybin and Ottoman Turkish نصیبین (Nusaybin), from Arabic نُصَيْبِين (Nuṣaybīn), from Classical Syriac ܢܨܝܒܝܢ (Nəṣībīn), an Old Aramaic 2nd millennium BC plural formation from ܢܨܝܒ (nəṣīḇ, “planted, erected”, adjective), from the root ܢ ܨ ܒ cognate with Arabic ن ص ب (n ṣ b).

Questions about Nusaybin

What does Nusaybin mean?
Nusaybin means a city in Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey, the ancient Nisibis.
What part of speech is Nusaybin?
Nusaybin is a proper noun.

Words near Nusaybin in the dictionary

  1. Nusairis
  2. Nusakan
  3. Nusantara
  4. Nusantaran
  5. NUSAS
  6. Nusaybin
  7. Nusayri
  8. Nusayri-Alawi
  9. Nusayri-Alawis
  10. Nusayrian
  11. Nusayris

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