اليابان
Arabic
Etymology
From Dutch Japan or Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Sinitic 日本 (Rìběn), e.g. Min Nan 日本 (Ji̍t-pún). It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article اَل (al-).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
اَلْيَابَان • (al-yābān) f
Declension
Declension of noun الْيَابَان (al-yābān)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | الْيَابَان al-yābān |
— |
Nominative | — | الْيَابَانُ al-yābānu |
— |
Accusative | — | الْيَابَانَ al-yābāna |
— |
Genitive | — | الْيَابَانِ al-yābāni |
— |
See also
- يَابَانِيّ (yābāniyy)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “يابان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Categories:
- Arabic terms borrowed from Dutch
- Arabic terms derived from Dutch
- Arabic terms borrowed from Portuguese
- Arabic terms derived from Portuguese
- Arabic terms derived from Malay
- Arabic terms derived from Sinitic languages
- Arabic 3-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic proper nouns
- Arabic feminine nouns
- Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular
- Arabic definite nouns
- ar:Countries in Asia
- ar:Japan