اليونان
See also: يونان
Arabic
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”), through Persian یونان (yunân). It’s one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article اَل (al-).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
اَلْيُونَان • (al-yūnān) f
Declension
Declension of noun الْيُونَان (al-yūnān)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | الْيُونَان al-yūnān |
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Nominative | — | الْيُونَانُ al-yūnānu |
— |
Accusative | — | الْيُونَانَ al-yūnāna |
— |
Genitive | — | الْيُونَانِ al-yūnāni |
— |
See also
- يُونَانِيّ (yūnāniyy)
- إِغْرِيقِيّ (ʔiḡrīqiyy, “Classical/Ancient Greek”)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “يونان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Hijazi Arabic
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Etymology
From Persian یونان (yunân), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
اليونان • (al-yōnān) f
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic اليونان (alyūnān), from Persian یونان (yunân), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
اليونان • (il-yūnān) f
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