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Qamishli

Qamishli proper noun: a city in al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, on the border with Turkey.

Proper noun

Qamishli

  1. A city in al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, on the border with Turkey.

Origin of Qamishli

From Turkish kamış (“common reed”) + -li (“with”), a calque of Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝܢ (bēṯ zālīn, literally “house of reeds”). Compare Azerbaijani qamışlıq.

Questions about Qamishli

What does Qamishli mean?
Qamishli means a city in al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, on the border with Turkey.
What part of speech is Qamishli?
Qamishli is a proper noun.

Words near Qamishli in the dictionary

  1. qamas
  2. Qamata
  3. qamatz
  4. qameez
  5. qameezes
  6. Qamishli
  7. QAMs
  8. qamutiik
  9. qamutiiks
  10. qamutik
  11. qamutiks

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