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اليابان

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún). It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article اَل (al-).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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الْيَابَان (al-yābānf

  1. Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)
    سِيَاحَةُ ٱلْيَابَانِ تَتَضَمَّنُ مَزِيجًا مُثِيرًا مِنَ ٱلثَّقَافَةِ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ وَٱلْحَدِيثَةِ.
    siyāḥatu l-yābāni tataḍammanu mazījan muṯīran mina ṯ-ṯaqāfati l-qadīmati wal-ḥadīṯati.
    Tourism in Japan includes an exciting blend of ancient and modern culture.

Declension

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Declension of noun الْيَابَان (al-yābān)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal الْيَابَان
al-yābān
nominative الْيَابَانُ
al-yābānu
accusative الْيَابَانَ
al-yābāna
genitive الْيَابَانِ
al-yābāni

See also

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References

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