"اليمن" meaning in Arabic

See اليمن in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /al.ja.man/
Etymology: Related to يَمِين (yamīn, “right (side)”); originally, denoted the south, as it was the cardinal direction to one's right when facing the sun. It's one of the Arabic country names which requires the definite article اَل (al-). Etymology templates: {{ar-rootbox|ي م ن}} Head templates: {{ar-proper noun|اَلْيَمَن|m}} اَلْيَمَن • (al-yaman) m Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|يَمَن|state=def}} Forms: اَلْيَمَن [canonical, masculine], al-yaman [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], - [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الْيَمَن [definite, informal, singular, triptote], - [construct, informal, singular, triptote], - [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الْيَمَنُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], - [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], - [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْيَمَنَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], - [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], - [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْيَمَنِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], - [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. Yemen Categories (place): Countries in Asia Derived forms: يَمَنِيّ (yamaniyy)
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