فلسطين

العربية

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فلسطين

/fi.las.tˤiːn/
/fi.lis.tˤiːn/
/fa.las.tˤiːn/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē) and went through the Arabic phonological shift /p/ to /f/.

proper noun فِلَسْطِين · فِلِسْطِين · فَلَسْطِين · filasṭīn · filisṭīn · falasṭīn

Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)

In English

Palestine geographic region

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MLA

"فلسطين." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

فلسطين. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86

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"فلسطين." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فلسطين},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}