Cezayir

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʾir, the islands), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, island), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒɛ.zɑː.jiɾ]

Proper noun

Cezayir

  1. Algeria (country)
  2. Algiers, capital of Algeria.

Declension

Derived terms

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