الأردن

Arabic

Etymology

From جُـنْـد الْأُرْدُنّ, "the Military district of Jordan", likely coined from Classical Syriac or Hebrew. Natively related to the root و ر د‎ (w-r-d) meaning "to descend", "to go or come down", "to come upon or come across something", "to come down to water", "an area descending to or a pathway leading to water", "a watering place"; for more see Hebrew יַרְדֵּן‎ (yardén).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.ʔur.dunn/
  • IPA(key): /al.ʔur.dun/ (colloquial)

Proper noun

الْأُرْدُنّ • (al-ʾurdunn) m

  1. Jordan (country)
  2. Jordan (river)

Usage notes

It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال‎ (al-).

Declension
Declension of noun الْأُرْدُنّ (al-ʾurdunn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْأُرْدُنّ
al-ʾurdunn		 —
Nominative — الْأُرْدُنُّ
al-ʾurdunnu		 —
Accusative — الْأُرْدُنَّ
al-ʾurdunna		 —
Genitive — الْأُرْدُنِّ
al-ʾurdunni		 —

Derived terms

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