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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian یونان (yūnān), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /yauna/, “Ionia”), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”). Likely influenced by the doublet यवन (yavan, “a Greek”) borrowed from Sanskrit, and Arabic اَلْيُونَان (al-yūnān). Compare Bengali ইউনান (iunan).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
यूनान • (yūnān) m (Urdu spelling یونان)
- Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
- Synonym: ग्रीस (grīs)
- (historical) Ancient Greece (an ancient region in Southeast Europe, home of the Greeks)
Declension
Declension of यूनान (sg-only masc cons-stem)
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singular
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direct
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यूनान yūnān
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oblique
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यूनान yūnān
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vocative
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यूनान yūnān
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