الأردن
Arabic
Etymology
From جُـنْـد الْأُرْدُنّ, "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
Proper noun
الْأُرْدُنّ • (al-ʔurdunn) m
Usage notes
It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال (al-).
Declension
Declension of noun الْأُرْدُنّ (al-ʔurdunn)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | الْأُرْدُنّ al-ʔurdunn |
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Nominative | — | الْأُرْدُنُّ al-ʔurdunnu |
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Accusative | — | الْأُرْدُنَّ al-ʔurdunna |
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Genitive | — | الْأُرْدُنِّ al-ʔurdunni |
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Derived terms
- أُرْدُنِّيّ (ʔurdunniyy)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أردن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Categories:
- Arabic terms borrowed from Classical Syriac
- Arabic terms derived from Classical Syriac
- Arabic terms borrowed from Hebrew
- Arabic terms derived from Hebrew
- Arabic terms belonging to the root و ر د
- Arabic 3-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic proper nouns
- Arabic masculine nouns
- Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular
- Arabic definite nouns
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