ܝܦܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܝܦܢ

ܐܬܐ ܕܝܦܢ

Etymology

From Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Sinitic 日本 (Rìběn), likely from an earlier stage of modern Cantonese 日本 (Jat⁶-bun²) or Min Nan 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (MC ȵiɪt̚ puənX, “sun origin”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ja.panː]

Proper noun

ܝܲܦܵܢ • (yappān) f

1. Japan (a country and archipelago in Far East Asia)

   Synonyms: (obsolete) ܝܲܦܘܿܢ‎ (yapon), (archaic) ܝܲܦܘܿܢܝܼܵܐ‎ (yaponīyā)

Derived terms

• ܝܲܦܵܢܵܝܵܐ‎ (yappānāyā, “Japanese”)