यूनान

See also: यूनानी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یونان (yūnān), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠yauna⁠/, “Ionia”), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”). Likely influenced by the doublet यवन (yavan, “a Greek”) borrowed from Sanskrit, and Arabic اَلْيُونَان (al-yūnān). Compare Bengali ইউনান (iunan).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /juː.nɑːn/, [juː.nä̃ːn]

Proper noun

यूनान • (yūnān) m (Urdu spelling یونان)

1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

   Synonym: ग्रीस (grīs)

2. (historical) Ancient Greece (an ancient region in Southeast Europe, home of the Greeks)

Declension

Declension of यूनान (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	यूनान yūnān
oblique	यूनान yūnān
vocative	यूनान yūnān