الأردن

Arabic

Etymology

From جُنْد الْأُرْدُن, "the Military district of Jordan", likely coined from Classical Syriac or Hebrew. Natively related to the root و ر د (w-r-d) meaning "to descend", "to go or come down", "to come upon or come across something", "to come down to water", "an area descending to or a pathway leading to water", "a watering place"; for more see Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ʔur.dun/

Proper noun

الْأُرْدُن • (al-ʔurdun) m

1. Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

   الْأُرْدُنُ مُحَاطَةٌ مِنَ الشَّمَالِ بِسُورِيَا، مِنَ الْغَرْبِ بِفِلَسْطِينَ، وَمِنَ الشَّرْقِ بِالْعِرَاقِ، وَمِنَ الشَّرْقِ وَالْجَنُوبِ بِالْمَمْلَكَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ السُّعُودِيَّةِ.

   al-ʔurdunu muḥāṭatun mina š-šamāli bisūriyā, mina l-ḡarbi bifilasṭīna, wamina š-šarqi bi-l-ʕirāqi, wamina š-šarqi wāljanūbi bi-l-mamlakati l-ʕarabiyyati s-suʕūdiyyati.

   Jordan is surrounded from the north by Syria, from the west by Palestine, from the east by Iraq, and from the east and south by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

2. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

Declension

Declension of noun الْأُرْدُن (al-ʔurdun)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْأُرْدُن al-ʔurdun	—
Nominative	—	الْأُرْدُنُ al-ʔurdunu	—
Accusative	—	الْأُرْدُنَ al-ʔurduna	—
Genitive	—	الْأُرْدُنِ al-ʔurduni	—

Derived terms

• أُرْدُنِيّ (ʔurduniyy)

 

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أردن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Picture dictionary

الأردن

الأردن

عمّان

الزرقا

إربد

العقبة

معان

نهر
الأردن

البحر
الميّت

جبل أمّ
الدامي

وادي
رمّ

البترا

بلاد الشام

بلاد الشام

علم الأردن

Etymology

From Arabic الْأُرْدُن (al-ʔurdun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʔur.dun/, [(ɪ)lˈʔʊr.dʊn]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Proper noun

الأردن • (il-ʔurdun) m

1. Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
2. Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

   نهر الأردن ― nahr il-ʔurdon ― River Jordan

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Related terms

• أردني (ʔurduni, “Jordanian”)