بابل

From Aramaic ܒܒܠ/ܒܒܝܠ (bāḇel/bāḇēl), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim, “Babylon”, literally “gate of god”).

• IPA^(key): /baː.bil/

بَابِل • (bābil) f

1. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)
2. (historical) Babylonia (an ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran)

• بَابِلِيّ (bābiliyy)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَابِل (bābil), from Arabic بَابِل (bābil).

بابل • (Bābil)

1. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)
2. (historical) Babylonia (an ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran)

• بابلی (babeli, “Babylonian; lewd”)

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Babel”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 49
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بابل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 314
• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Bâbil”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 76

بابل • (bâbol)

1. Babol (a city in Mazandaran Province, Iran)

• بابلی (bâboli, “person from Babol”)

Borrowed from Arabic بَابِل (bābil).

بابل • (bâbel)

1. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)
2. (historical) Babylonia (an ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran)

• بابلی (bâbeli, “Babylonian”)