Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
مدينة mudayna
English translation:
small town
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Amira Mansour
Jan 23, 2008 20:22
16 yrs ago
Arabic term
مدينة mudayna
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Old name for Madrid?
Greetings,
This word seems to have been used (as Almudena) to describe Madrid in days gone by, presumably then a small town, as it would seem to be a diminutive. But is its meaning restricted to “small town”? Could it also mean “castle”?
Incidentally, why isn't it in the Hans Wehr dictionary? Is it because there simply isn't enough space to include regularly formed diminutives?
All the best,
Simon
This word seems to have been used (as Almudena) to describe Madrid in days gone by, presumably then a small town, as it would seem to be a diminutive. But is its meaning restricted to “small town”? Could it also mean “castle”?
Incidentally, why isn't it in the Hans Wehr dictionary? Is it because there simply isn't enough space to include regularly formed diminutives?
All the best,
Simon
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| 3 +1 | small town |
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| 5 | little town |
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Jan 26, 2008 19:31: Amira Mansour Created KOG entry
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It's really a diminutive, and I would say it small town. By the way, the meanings of diminutives aren't mentioned in most of dictionaries of all languages, not only in Hans Wehr.
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little town
مدينة تصغير لكلمة مدينة
Example sentence:
هذه المدينة تقوم على النهر الذي يمدها بالماء
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