The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of
Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic
toponym
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...
s. A significant number of them were put together during the
PEF Survey of Palestine
The PEF Survey of Palestine was a series of surveys carried out by the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) between 1872 and 1877 for the Survey of Western Palestine and in 1880 for the Survey of Eastern Palestine. The survey was carried out after the ...
carried out in the second half of the 19th century.
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B
- Sea, large river.
[ see
(sometimes transliterated as Beled or Belled) - Town;][ see
, Well;][ see
, Lake, lagoon;][ Diminutive of بَحْر (baḥr, “sea”).
, Tower, castle;][ see
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D
H
I
J
K
M
N
O
Q
, pl. ar, قُبُور - tomb, grave[
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R
U
W
See also
*Oikonyms in Western and South Asia
Oikonyms in Western, Central, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories. Toponymic study is not as extensive as it is for placenames in Europe and Anglophone parts ...
*Place names of Palestine
Many place names in Palestine were Arabized forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used in biblical times or later Aramaic formations. Most of these names have been handed down for thousands of years though their meaning was understood ...
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External links
The intro to a 1950s gazeteer
for 35,000 placenames of Arabian Peninsula and surrounding waters and islands contains a glossary of generic toponymic features
{{Glossaries of science and engineering
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