اليابان

Arabic

Etymology

From Dutch Japan or Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Sinitic 日本, 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

اَلْيَابَان • (al-yābān) f

  1. Japan

Declension
Declension of noun الْيَابَان (al-yābān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْيَابَان
al-yābān		 —
Nominative — الْيَابَانُ
al-yābānu		 —
Accusative — الْيَابَانَ
al-yābāna		 —
Genitive — الْيَابَانِ
al-yābāni		 —

See also

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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