# Glossary of Arabic toponyms

The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic toponyms. A significant number of them were put together during the PEF Survey of Palestine carried out in the second half of the 19th century.
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* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References
* External links

## A
### 'Ain, pl.: `Ayūn, ʿUyūn

    Spring, fountain, source. Examples: El Aaiún
   * All pages with titles containing Ain
   * All pages with titles containing Aiun

### Ab, Abu

    Father; as a geographical term it signifies "producing", "containing", etc.;
   * All pages with titles containing Ab
   * All pages with titles containing Abu

### Arak, pl.: Arkan

    Cavern or cliff (among various meanings); see All pages with titles containing Arak

## B
### Bab, pl.: Buwab

    Gate. Examples Bab el-Mandeb; see All pages with titles containing Bab

### Baḥr

    Arabic: بحر - Sea, large river. see All pages with titles containing Bahr

### Beit

    House. see All pages with titles containing Beit

### Balad

    Arabic: بلد (sometimes transliterated as Beled or Belled) - Town; see All pages with titles containing Balad

### Bir

    Arabic: بير, Well; see All pages with titles containing Bir

### Birkeh

    Artificial pool, tank; see All pages with titles containing Birkeh

### Buḥayra, Baḥeirah

    Arabic: بحيرة, Lake, lagoon; Diminutive of بَحْر (baḥr, “sea”).

### Burj

    Arabic: برج, Tower, castle; see All pages with titles containing Burj

## C
### Casbah

    a kind of medina (old city) or fortress; cf. "Qasba"; see All pages with titles containing Casbah

## D
### Deir

    wikt:دير monastery, convent, cloister (often ruins thereof); see All pages with titles containing Deir

### Derb

    wikt:درب road, pass;see All pages with titles containing Derb

### Dhahr

    wikt: ridge; All pages with titles containing Dhahr

## H
### Haram

    Sacred place; see All pages with titles containing Haram

### Haud

    Reservoir, pond; see All pages with titles containing Haud

## I
### Ibn

    Son; as a geographical term it signifies "producing", "containing", etc. see All pages with titles containing Ibn

## J
### Jama'a, Djama'a, Jami'a

    place of gathering, community, mosque;
   * All pages with titles containing Jama'a
   * All pages with titles containing Jami'a

### Jazira, Jezireh, Jeziret

    Island;
   * All pages with titles containing Jazira
   * All pages with titles containing Jezireh
   * All pages with titles containing Jeziret

### Jebel, Djebel, Jebal, Jabal

    mountain;
   * All pages with titles containing Jabal
   * All pages with titles containing Jebal
   * All pages with titles containing Jebel
   * All pages with titles containing Djebel

### Jisr

    bridge; see All pages with titles containing Jisr

### Jubb

    (Arabic: جُبّ ): well, pit; see All pages with titles containing Jubb

## K
### Kasbah, Kasba, Kasaba

    See Qasba
   * All pages with titles containing Kasba
   * All pages with titles containing Kasbah

### Khirbet, Khurbet, Khirbat, etc.

    is the conjunctive form "ruin of" (خربة) of the Arabic word for "ruin" (خرب, khirba, kharab ("ruined"))
   * All pages with titles containing Khirbet
   * All pages with titles containing Khirbat
   * All pages with titles containing Khurbet
   * All pages with titles containing Kharab

### Ksar, qsar, plural: ksour, qsour

    Maghrebi Arabic; See "Qasr"
   * All pages with titles containing Ksar
   * All pages with titles containing Ksour
   * All pages with titles containing Qsar

### Kul'ah, Kal'at, Kalat, Kala, Kaleh

    Arabic, Persian. See "Qalat"
   * All pages with titles containing Kal'at
   * All pages with titles containing Kalat
   * All pages with titles containing Kaleh

## M
### Mazar

    مزار: shrine, grave, tomb, etc. cf. "Mazar (mausoleum)". The placename usually refers to a grave of a saint, ruler, etc.. Examples: Mazar-i-Sharif
   * All pages with titles containing Mazar
   * All pages with titles containing Al-Mazar
   * All pages with titles containing Almazar

### Mazra', Mazra'a, Al-Mazra'a, Mazraa

    مزرعة, mazraʿa: farm, مزرع, mazraʿ: field, farmland, origin for majra, hamlet in Indian subcontinent

## N
### Nahr

    wikt:نهر, river, with the particular meaning of perennial water course, as opposed to a seasonal one, which is called a wadi; see All pages with titles containing Nahr-e

## O
### Oued

    In North African Arabic, same as Wadi; see All pages with titles containing Oued

## Q
### Qabr, Kabr, pl.:Qubūr

    Arabic: قَبْر, pl. Arabic: قُبُور - tomb, grave
   * All pages with titles containing Qabr
   * All pages with titles containing Qubur

### Qal'at, Qalat, Qala, Qalaat, Qal'a

    Arabic, Persian. Fortified place, fort, fortress, castle; see All pages with titles containing Qalat

### Casbah, Kasbah, Qaṣba, Qaṣbah, Qaṣaba

    Arabic: القصبة, romanized: al-qaṣaba), a kind of medina (old city) or fortress
   * All pages with titles containing Casbah
   * All pages with titles containing Qasba
   * All pages with titles containing Qasbah
   * All pages with titles containing Qasaba
   * All pages with titles containing Kasbah

### Qaṣr, Kaṣr, al-Qaṣr, pl.:Quṣūr

    Arabic: قصر, lit. 'palace/castle/fortress', from Latin castrum The dictionary definition of qasr at Wiktionary
   * All pages with titles containing Qasr
   * All pages with titles containing Kasr
   * All pages with titles containing Qusur
   * It entered into Spanish and Portuguese placenames in the forms Alcazar, Alcácer
   * North African (Maghrebi Arabic) form: Ksar

## R
### Ras

    wikt:رأس, head, cape, top, peak, etc., see All pages with titles containing Ras

### Rujm, plural: rujum

    wikt:رجم, mound, cairn, hill, spur, and also as "stone heap" or "tumulus".
   * All pages with titles containing Rujm
   * All pages with titles containing Rujum

## S
### souk, sūq, souq

    wikt:سوق, "market"
   * All pages with titles containing Souk
   * All pages with titles containing Suk
   * All pages with titles containing Souq

## U
### Umm

    Mother; as a geographical term it signifies "producing", "containing", etc.; cf. "Mother of all"; see All pages with titles containing Umm

## W
### Wadi, Wad, North African Arabic: see Oued

    Watercourse: stream (often intermittent stream), sometimes dry waterbed, valley
   * All pages with titles containing Wadi
   * All pages with titles containing Wady
   * All pages with titles containing Wad
   * All pages with titles containing Oued