یمن
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یمن
See also: يمن
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman).
Proper noun
یمن • (yemen)
- Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Derived terms
- یمن آلاجهسی (Yemen alacası, “kind of cloth from Yemen”)
- یمن قهوهسی (Yemen kahvesi, “Moka coffee”)
- یمنی (yemeni, “Yemeni”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Yemen
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یمن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1359
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یمن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5608
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یمن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2210
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Yemen”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 808
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
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| Classical reading? | yaman |
| Dari reading? | yaman |
| Iranian reading? | yaman |
| Tajik reading? | yaman |
Proper noun
| Dari | یمن |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Яман |
یمن • (yaman)
- Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
Derived terms
- یمنی (yamani)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic يُمْن (yumn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | yumn |
| Dari reading? | yumn |
| Iranian reading? | yomn |
| Tajik reading? | yumn |
Noun
یمن • (yomn)
- omen
- blessing
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 329”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:
- شعرم به یمن مدح تو صد ملک دل گشاد
گویی که تیغ توست زبان سخنورم- ši'ram ba yumn-i madh-i tu sad mulk-i dil gušād
gūyī ki tēğ-i tu-st zabān-i suxanwaram - My poetry has conquered the kingdoms of a hundred hearts by the blessing of praising you,
As if my eloquent tongue should be your blade.
- ši'ram ba yumn-i madh-i tu sad mulk-i dil gušād
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “یمن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
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Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian یمن (yaman), from Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
یَمَن • (yaman) m (Hindi spelling यमन)
- Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
See also
- (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya), قِبْرِص (qibris) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائِیل (isrāīl) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیت (kuvait) (Category: ur:Middle East)