Damascus - دِمَشقُ‎, Syria 2010

The name of Damascus first appeared in the geographical list of Thutmose III as T-m-ś-q in the 15th century BCE.[4] In Arabic, the city is called دمشق الشام (Dimashq al-Shām), although this is often shortened to either Dimashq or al-Shām by the citizens of Damascus, of Syria and other Arab neighbors. Al-Shām is an Arabic term for north and for Syria (Syria—particularly historical Greater Syria—is called Bilād al-Shām—بلاد الشام, "land of the north"—in Arabic.) The etymology of the ancient name "T-m-ś-q" is uncertain, but it is suspected to be pre-Semitic. It is attested as 𒁲𒈠𒊭𒅗 Dimašqa in Akkadian, 𒁲𒈠𒊭𒅗T-ms-ḳw in Egyptian, Dammaśq (דמשק) in Old Aramaic and Dammeśeq (דמשק) in Biblical Hebrew. The Akkadian spelling is the earliest attestation, found in the Amarna letters, from the 14th century BCE. Later Aramaic spellings of the name often include an intrusive resh (letter r), perhaps influenced by the root dr, meaning "dwelling". Thus, the Qumranic Darmeśeq (דרמשק), and Darmsûq (ܕܪܡܣܘܩ) in Syriac.[5][6] The English and Latin name of the city is "Damascus" which was imported from Greek: Δαμασκός, which originated in Aramaic: דרמשק; "a well-watered place"

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[jennyeraza]

nice video i was there in 1998 and still remember that city plz put some more from arounding

[carabinieri210]

OMG is this how the people are crossing the highway! wow so funny!

[dsk1971]

thats why in Egyptian it was called T msq because it means taa3 or taba3 msq = masqa... dar al masqa meaning the home or place where you can get water

[dsk1971]

from putting many meanings together I have arrived at the root of the meaning of damascus,,, it comes from dar al masqaa and that is why it means the city with water... so dar al masqa became darmasq then damasq then dimashq

[dsk1971]

bilad al shaam is land of semites ie al saamiyyeen or al shamiyyeen depending on pronounciation.. it does not mean land of the north, regards

[SyrianArabGirl]

I miss it :(

[sahhab2009]

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