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nusaybin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables
nusay-bin
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Nusaybin, نصیبین, نُصَيْبِين, ܢܨܝܒܝܢ, -

Synonyms

Nisibis

Questions

What does nusaybin mean?
A city in Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey, the ancient Nisibis.
Where does nusaybin come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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