Шьамтәыла

Abkhaz

Etymology

Шьам (Šam, “Sham, archaic Arabic name for Damascus”) +‎ тәыла (tʷʼəla, “land of”), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شام (Şam, “Damascus, Syria”), from Arabic اَلشَّام (aš-Šām, “Syria, Damascus”).

Proper noun

Шьамтәыла • (Šamtʷʼəla)

  1. Syria (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
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