جاپان

Pashto

Etymology

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Hokkien 日本 / Ji̍t-púnbor.

Malay Jepangbor.

Portuguese Japãobor.

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Malay Jepangbor.

Dutch Japanbor.

English Japanbor.

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English Japanbor.

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Pashto جَاپَان (jāpān)bor.?

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English Japanbor.

Urdu جَاپَان (jāpān)bor.?

Dari جَاپَان (jāpān)bor.?

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Urdu جَاپَان (jāpān)bor.?

Pashto جاپان

Borrowed from English Japan, possibly Dari جَاپَان (jāpān), or possibly Urdu جَاپَان (jāpān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑˈpɑn/

Proper noun

جاپان • (jāpān)

1. Japan (a country in East Asia)

Descendants

• →? Dari: جَاپَان (jāpān) (or directly from English or Pashto)
  • → Tajik: Ҷопон (Jopon)

Persian

Etymology

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Hokkien 日本 / Ji̍t-púnbor.

Malay Jepangbor.

Portuguese Japãobor.

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Malay Jepangbor.

Dutch Japanbor.

English Japanbor.

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English Japanbor.

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Dari جَاپَان (jāpān)bor.?

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English Japanbor.

Urdu جَاپَان (jāpān)bor.?

Pashto جَاپَان (jāpān)bor.?

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Urdu جَاپَان (jāpān)bor.?

Persian جاپان

Borrowed from English Japan, possibly Pashto جَاپَان (jāpān), or possibly Urdu جَاپَان (jāpān). Doublet of ژَاپُن (žāpun / žâpon), a French borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.pʰɑ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.pʰɔ́n]

Readings
Dari reading?	jāpān
Tajik reading?	jopon

Proper noun

Dari	جاپان
Iranian Persian	ژاپن
Tajik	Япония, Ҷопон, Жопун

جاپان • (jāpān / jâpân) (Tajik spelling Ҷопон)

1. (chiefly Dari, uncommon in Tajik) Japan (a country in East Asia)

Derived terms

• جَاپَانِی (jāpānī / jâpâni, “Japanese”)

Urdu

Etymology

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Hokkien 日本 / Ji̍t-púnbor.

Malay Jepangbor.

Portuguese Japãobor.

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Malay Jepangbor.

Dutch Japanbor.

English Japanbor.

Urdu جاپان

Borrowed from English Japan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː.pɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: جا‧پان

Proper noun

جاپان • (jāpān) m (Hindi spelling जापान)

1. Japan (a country in East Asia)

Derived terms

• جَاپَانِی (jāpānī, “Japanese”)

Descendants

• →? Dari: جَاپَان (jāpān) (or directly from English or Pashto)
  • → Tajik: Ҷопон (Jopon)
• →? Pashto: جَاپَان (jāpān) (or directly from English or Persian)