Yemen

See also: yemen, yémen, Ýemen, Yémen, ¥emen, and Yəmən

English

Alternative forms

• Yaman (archaic)

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right; right hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ.mən/
• (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈjɪ.mən/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɛmən

Proper noun

Yemen

2. A country in Western Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
   • 2012 April 30, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, “Al-Qaida's wretched utopia and the battle for hearts and minds”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Unlike in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, in Yemen they are trying to implement sharia by winning over the hearts and minds of the people.

3. (historical) A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.

Usage notes

The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article the, though this construction has declined in use.

Derived terms

• North Yemen, Yemen Arab Republic
• South Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
• Yemeni

Translations

Republic of Yemen

• Afrikaans: Jemen
• Albanian: Jemen m (indefinite), Jemeni (sq) m (definite)
• Amharic: የመን (yämän)
• Arabic: الْيَمَن (ar) m or f (al-yaman) (definite)
• Armenian: Եմեն (hy) (Emen)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܵܡܵܢ (yaman)
• Asturian: Yemen (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Yəmən (az)
• Bashkir: Йәмән (Yəmən)
• Belarusian: Е́мен m (Jémjen), Е́мэн m (Jémen)
• Bengali: ইয়েমেন (bn) (iẏemen)
• Breton: Yemen (br)
• Bulgarian: Йе́мен (bg) m (Jémen)
• Burmese: ယီမင် (yimang)
• Catalan: Iemen (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 也門 / 也门 (zh) (Yěmén), 葉門 / 叶门 (zh) (Yèmén) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Jemen (cs) m
• Danish: Yemen (da) n
• Dhivehi: ޔަމަން (yaman̊)
• Dutch: Jemen (nl) n
• Esperanto: Jemeno (eo)
• Estonian: Jeemen (et)
• Faroese: Jemen n
• Finnish: Jemen (fi)
• French: Yémen (fr) m
• Galician: Iemen (gl) m
• Georgian: იემენი (ka) (iemeni)
• German: Jemen (de) n
• Greek: Υεμένη (el) f (Yeméni)
• Hausa: Yamàl f
• Hebrew: תֵּימָן (he) f (teimán)
• Hindi: यमन (hi) m (yaman)
• Hungarian: Jemen (hu)
• Icelandic: Jemen (is) n
• Indonesian: Yaman (id)
• Interlingua: Yemen
• Irish: Éimin f, Poblacht Éimin f
• Italian: Yemen (it) m
• Japanese: イエメン (ja) (Iemen)
• Kamba: Yemen
• Kazakh: Йемен (kk) (İemen)
• Khmer: យេមែន (yeimɛɛn)
• Korean: 예멘 (ko) (Yemen)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Yemen (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Йемен (Yemen)
• Lak: Яманий (Aˤmaniy)
• Lao: ເຢເມັນ (yē men), ເຢເມນ (yē mēn)
• Latin: Iemenia f
• Latvian: Jemena (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Jemenas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Је́мен (mk) m (Jémen)
• Malay: Yaman (ms)
• Maltese: Jemen, Jemen
• Manx: Yn Yeamen f
• Maori: Īemene
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Йемен (mn) (Jemen)

• Navajo: Shádiʼááhjí Ásáí bikéyah
• Norman: Yemen m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jemen (no) n

  Nynorsk: Jemen (nn) n

• Occitan: Iemèn m
• Ottoman Turkish: یمن (Yemen)
• Pashto: يمن (ps) (yaman)
• Persian:

  Dari: یَمَن (yaman)

  Iranian Persian: یَمَن (yaman), هاماوَران (hâmâvarân) (Hamavaran)

• Polish: Jemen (pl) m inan
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Iêmen (pt) m

  European: Iémen (pt) m

• Rohingya: Yemán
• Romanian: Yemen (ro) n
• Russian: Йе́мен (ru) m (Jémɛn)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Је̏мен m

  Roman: Jȅmen (sh) m

• Sinhalese: යේමනය (yēmanaya)
• Slovak: Jemen (sk) m
• Slovene: Jémen (sl) m
• Spanish: Yemen (es) m
• Swahili: Yemen (sw)
• Swedish: Jemen (sv) n
• Tagalog: Yemen
• Tajik: Яман (Yaman)
• Tamil: ஏமன் (ta) (ēmaṉ), யமன் (ta) (yamaṉ)
• Tatar: Йәмән (Yämän)
• Thai: เยเมน (th) (yee-meen)
• Turkish: Yemen (tr)
• Turkmen: Ýemen
• Ukrainian: Є́мен (uk) m (Jémen)
• Urdu: یَمَن m (yaman)
• Uyghur: يەمەن (yemen)
• Uzbek: Yaman (uz)
• Vietnamese: Y-ê-men
• Yiddish: תּימן n (teymen), יעמען n (yemen)
• Yoruba: Yemeni

region

• Greek:
  • Classical: Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων f (Arabía Eudaímōn)
• Latin: Arabia Felix f
• Middle Persian: ymn (Yaman)

See also

• Sanaa
• Countries of the world

countries in Asia (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Cyprus
• East Timor
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Anagrams

• enemy

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝemen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽŋ]
• Rhymes: -emen
• Syllabification: Ye‧men

Proper noun

Yemen m

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Yemen

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)

Crimean Tatar

Proper noun

Yemen

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)

References

• “Yemen”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Danish

Proper noun

Yemen

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)

Related terms

• yemenit
• yemenitisk

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ.men/
• Rhymes: -ɛmen
• Hyphenation: Yè‧men

Proper noun

Yemen m

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• yemenita

Norwegian

Proper noun

Yemen n

1. alternative spelling of Jemen: Yemen (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yemen m

1. alternative spelling of Iêmen / Iémen

Usage notes

The Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings or partial calques) if these are established in the language. As such, the forms Iêmen or Iémen are preferred.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝemen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽn]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝemen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃemen/ [ˈʃe.mẽn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒemen/ [ˈʒe.mẽn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -emen
• Syllabification: Ye‧men

Proper noun

Yemen m

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)

Usage notes

• The definite article is optional when referring to Yemen in Spanish (i.e. el Yemen).

Derived terms

• Yemen del Norte
• Yemen del Sur
• yemenita

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Yemen (“Yemen”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjemen/ [ˈjɛː.mɛn̪]
• Rhymes: -emen
• Syllabification: Ye‧men

Proper noun

Yemen (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)

Coordinate terms

countries in Asia (Latin script): mga bansa sa Asya (appendix)edit

• Apganistan
• Armenya ~ Armenia
• Aserbayan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Biyetnam
• Brunei ~ Brunay
• Ehipto
• Emiratos Arabes Unidos
• Hapon
• Heorhiya
• Hilagang Korea
• Indiya
• Indonesya ~ Indonesia
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Jordan
• Kambodya
• Kazakhstan
• Kirgistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libano, Lebanon
• Malasya, Malaysia
• Maldibas, Maldives
• Mongolya ~ Mongolia
• Myanmar, Birmanya
• Nepal
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestina
• Pilipinas
• Qatar
• Rusya
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapura
• Sirya ~ Siria
• Sri Lanka
• Tayikistan ~ Tajikistan
• Taylandiya
• Taywan
• Timog Korea
• Timor-Leste, Silangang Timor
• Tsina
• Tsipre
• Turkiya
• Turkmenistan
• Usbekistan
• Yemen

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Yemen

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)

Declension

Declension of Yemen

	singular	plural
nominative	Yemen	-
definite accusative	Yemen'i	-
dative	Yemen'e	-
locative	Yemen'de	-
ablative	Yemen'den	-
genitive	Yemen'in	-

Possessive forms of Yemen

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Yemen'im	Yemenlerim Yemen'lerim
senin (your)	Yemen'in	Yemenlerin Yemen'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Yemen'i	Yemenleri Yemen'leri
bizim (our)	Yemen'imiz	Yemenlerimiz Yemen'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Yemen'iniz	Yemenleriniz Yemen'leriniz
onların (their)	Yemen'i Yemenleri Yemen'leri	Yemenleri Yemen'leri

Derived terms

• Yemenli

See also

countries in Asia: Asya ülkesi (appendix)edit

• Afganistan
• Azerbaycan
• Bahreyn
• Bangladeş
• Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri
• Bruney
• Butan
• Çin
• Doğu Timor
• Endonezya
• Ermenistan
• Filipinler
• Filistin
• Güney Kore
• Gürcistan
• Hindistan
• Irak
• İran
• İsrail
• Japonya
• Kamboçya
• Katar
• Kazakistan
• Kıbrıs
• Kırgızistan
• Kuveyt
• Kuzey Kore
• Laos
• Lübnan
• Maldivler
• Malezya
• Mısır
• Moğolistan
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Özbekistan
• Pakistan
• Rusya
• Singapur
• Sri Lanka
• Suriye
• Suudi Arabistan
• Tacikistan
• Tayland
• Tayvan
• Türkiye
• Türkmenistan
• Umman
• Ürdün
• Vietnam
• Yemen