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 (a country in Southeast Europe)

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

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “يونان”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic
اليونان
عَلَم اليونان

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic الْيُونَان (al-yūnān), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.juː.naːn/, /al.joː.naːn/

Proper noun

اليونان • (al-yūnān) f

  1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْيُونَان (al-yūnān).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /il.juː.naːn/, [ɪl.juːˈnaːn]

Proper noun

اليونان • (il-yūnān) f

  1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
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