مصر
Root: صر
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
مصر muṣirr persistent, insistent; determined, resolute
Entry 2
مصر II to found, build, settle, civilize, colonize (هـ a place); to Egyptianize, make Egyptian (هـ s.th.) V to become a populated, civilized area, become a big city, a metropolis; to Egyptianize, adopt Egyptian ways; to become an Egyptian
Entry 3
مصر miṣr pl. امصار amṣār big city; metropolis, capital; -- miṣr2, (colloq.) 911 maṣr Egypt; Cairo │ مصر القاهرة Cairo; مصر الجديدة Heliopolis (section of modern Cairo)
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