Yemen en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈjɛmən/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈjemən/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (UK) audio
- /ˈjɪmən/ (US, pin-pen-merger)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman)bor. Ottoman Turkish یمن (yemen)bor. English Yemen Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یمن (yemen), from Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right; right hand”).
Meanings
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A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
Unlike in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, in Yemen they are trying to implement sharia by winning over the hearts and minds of the people.
2012 April 30, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, “Al-Qaida's wretched utopia and the battle for hearts and minds”, in The Guardian:
- (historical) A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.
- (historical) A province of the Ottoman Empire: the Yemen eyalet, later Yemen vilayet.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaman | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Yemens | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Yemenization · Yemenite · Yemenic · North Yemen · Yemeniness · South Yemen · People's Democratic Republic of Yemen · Yemenize · Yemeni · Yemen Arab Republic
Relateds
Countries of the world · Sanaa
Translations (109)
th เยเมน (Republic of Yemen) · mk Је́мен (Republic of Yemen) · ko 예멘 (Republic of Yemen) · af Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · ast Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · el Υεμένη (Republic of Yemen) · be Е́мен (Republic of Yemen) · ba Йәмән (Republic of Yemen) · sl Jémen (Republic of Yemen) · ug يەمەن (Republic of Yemen) · uz Yaman (Republic of Yemen) · tk Ýemen (Republic of Yemen) · ha Yamàl (Republic of Yemen) · lo ເຢເມນ (Republic of Yemen) · hi यमन (Republic of Yemen) · la Arabia Felix (region in Arabia) · la Iemenia (Republic of Yemen) · yi תּימן (Republic of Yemen) · ja イエメン (Republic of Yemen) · ms Yaman (Republic of Yemen) · nrf Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · sh Jȅmen (Republic of Yemen) · sq Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · be Е́мэн (Republic of Yemen) · kmr Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · ky Йемен (Republic of Yemen) · gv Yn Yeamen (Republic of Yemen) · uk Є́мен (Republic of Yemen) · rhg Yemán (Republic of Yemen) · km យេមែន (Republic of Yemen) · ga Poblacht Éimin (Republic of Yemen) · nl Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · bg Йе́мен (Republic of Yemen) · mi Īemene (Republic of Yemen) · dv ޔަމަން (Republic of Yemen) · grc Ἀραβία Εὐδαίμων (region in Arabia) · kam Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · aii ܝܵܡܵܢ (Republic of Yemen) · pl Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · fr Yémen (Republic of Yemen) · yo Yemeni (Republic of Yemen) · ota یمن (region in Arabia) · lv Jemena (Republic of Yemen) · eo Jemeno (Republic of Yemen) · sh Је̏мен (Republic of Yemen) · hy Եմեն (Republic of Yemen) · hu Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · da Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · br Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · ab Иемен (Republic of Yemen) · fo Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · et Jeemen (Republic of Yemen) · ro Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · es Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · nn Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · ia Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · fa-ira یَمَن (Republic of Yemen) · cs Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · vi Y-ê-men (Republic of Yemen) · cmn 也門 /也门 (Republic of Yemen) · tr Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · ur یَمَن (Republic of Yemen) · tt Йәмән (Republic of Yemen) · cmn 葉門 /叶门 (Republic of Yemen) · ta ஏமன் (Republic of Yemen) · ar الْيَمَن (Republic of Yemen) · tg Яман (Republic of Yemen) · pal ymn (region in Arabia) · tl Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · am የመን (Republic of Yemen) · gl Iemen (Republic of Yemen) · prs یَمَن (Republic of Yemen) · lo ເຢເມັນ (Republic of Yemen) · fi Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · de Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · nb Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · oc Iemèn (Republic of Yemen) · ca Iemen (Republic of Yemen) · sw Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · tr Yemen (Ottoman province) · is Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · kk Йемен (Republic of Yemen) · it Yemen (Republic of Yemen) · lbe Яманий (Republic of Yemen) · nv Shádiʼááhjí Ásáí bikéyah (Republic of Yemen) · id Yaman (Republic of Yemen) · my ယီမင် (Republic of Yemen) · he תֵּימָן (Republic of Yemen) · pt Iêmen (Republic of Yemen) · az Yəmən (Republic of Yemen) · ru Йе́мен (Republic of Yemen) · pt Iémen (Republic of Yemen) · mn Йемен (Republic of Yemen) · sv Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · bn ইয়েমেন (Republic of Yemen) · si යේමනය (Republic of Yemen) · yi יעמען (Republic of Yemen) · ka იემენი (Republic of Yemen) · ga Éimin (Republic of Yemen) · mr येमेन (Republic of Yemen) · tr Yemen (region in Arabia) · sk Jemen (Republic of Yemen) · ps يمن (Republic of Yemen) · sq Jemeni (Republic of Yemen) · ta யமன் (Republic of Yemen) · lt Jemenas (Republic of Yemen) · fa-ira هاماوَران (Republic of Yemen) · ota یمن (Ottoman province) · mt Jemen (Republic of Yemen)