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

• IPA^(key): /al.juː.naːn/

Proper noun

اَلْيُونَان • (al-yūnān) f

1. Greece

Declension

Declension of noun الْيُونَان (al-yūnān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْيُونَان al-yūnān	—
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

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Hijazi Arabic

اليونان

عَلَم اليونان

Etymology

From Persian یونان (yunân), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aljoːˈnaːn/

Proper noun

اليونان • (al-yōnān) f

1. Greece

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اليونان (alyūnān), from Persian یونان (yunân), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.juː.naːn/

Proper noun

اليونان • (il-yūnān) f

1. Greece

Related terms

• يوناني
• يونانية