اليابان
Arabic
Etymology
From Dutch Japan or Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Sinitic 日本 (Rìběn), e.g. Min Nan 日本 (Ji̍t-pún). It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article اَل (al-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.jaː.baːn/
Proper noun
الْيَابَان • (al-yābān) f
- Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia)
- سِيَاحَةُ ٱلْيَابَانِ تَتَضَمَّنُ مَزِيجًا مُثِيرًا مِنَ ٱلثَّقَافَةِ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ وَٱلْحَدِيثَةِ.
- siyāḥatu l-yābāni tataḍammanu mazījan muṯīran mina ṯ-ṯaqāfati l-qadīmati wal-ḥadīṯati.
- Tourism in Japan includes an exciting blend of ancient and modern culture.
Declension
Declension of noun الْيَابَان (al-yābān)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | الْيَابَان al-yābān |
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| Nominative | — | الْيَابَانُ al-yābānu |
— |
| Accusative | — | الْيَابَانَ al-yābāna |
— |
| Genitive | — | الْيَابَانِ al-yābāni |
— |
See also
- يَابَانِيّ (yābāniyy)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “يابان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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