أورشليم

From Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܫܠܡ (ʾūrišlēm, ʾōrēšlim), a pre-Hebrew form. Compare 𒌑𒊒𒊓𒅆𒆠 (Urušalim) in the Armana letters (14th century B.C.).

• IPA^(key): /ʔuː.ru.ʃa.liːm/

أُورُشَلِيم • (ʔūrušalīm) f

1. (Christianity, Israel) Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)
   • a. 1273, اَلْقُرْطُبِيّ [al-qurṭubiyy], edited by أَحْمَد حِجَازِيّ السَّقَّا [ʔaḥmad ḥijāziyy as-saqqā], اَلْإِعْلَامُ بِمَا فِي دِينِ النَّصَارَى مِنَ الْفَسَادِ وَٱلْأَوْهَامِ [al-ʔiʕlāmu bimā fī dīni n-naṣārā mina l-fasādi wal-ʔawhāmi], دَار التُّرَاث اَلْعَرَبِيّ [dār at-turāṯ al-ʕarabiyy], page 484:

     وَأَصْحَابُ هَٰذِهِ الْمُؤَامَرَةِ لَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا أَنْ يَجْهَرُوا بِهَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ

     waʔaṣḥābu hāḏihī l-muʔāmarati lam yastaṭīʕū ʔan yajharū bihā fī ʔūrušalīma

     The plotters of this conspiracy were unable to openly declare it in Jerusalem.

Because of its common origin with Hebrew ירושלים, the Arabic أُورُشَلِيم (ʔūrušalīm) is used in official Arabic documents of the Israeli government. It is also used in Christian liturgical Arabic. Outside of these two contexts, the name is seldom used and الْقُدْس (al-quds) is preferred.

• اَلْقُدْس (al-quds)
• بَيْت اَلْمَقْدِس (bayt al-maqdis)