Yemen

See also: yemen, yémen, Ýemen, Yémen, ¥emen, and Yəmən

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Yemen

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Yaman (archaic)

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right; right hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ.mən/
• (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈjɪ.mən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛmən

Proper noun

Yemen

2. A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
3. (historical) A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.

Usage notes

The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article the, though this construction has declined in use.^[1]

Derived terms

• North Yemen, Yemen Arab Republic
• South Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
• Yemeni

Translations

Republic of Yemen

Afrikaans: Jemen Albanian: Jemen m (indefinite), Jemeni (sq) m (definite) Amharic: የመን (yämän) Arabic: الْيَمَن (ar) m or f (al-yaman) (definite) Armenian: Եմեն (hy) (Emen) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܵܡܵܢ (yaman) Asturian: Yemen (ast) m Azerbaijani: Yəmən (az) Bashkir: Йәмән (Yəmən) Belarusian: Е́мен m (Jémjen), Е́мэн m (Jémen) Bengali: ইয়েমেন (bn) (iẏemen) Breton: Yemen (br) Bulgarian: Йе́мен (bg) m (Jémen) Burmese: ယီမင် (yimang) Catalan: Iemen (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 也門／也门 (zh) (Yěmén), 葉門／叶门 (zh) (Yèmén) (Taiwan) Czech: Jemen (cs) m Danish: Yemen (da) n Dhivehi: ޔަމަން (yaman̊) Dutch: Jemen (nl) n Esperanto: Jemeno (eo) Estonian: Jeemen (et) Faroese: Jemen n Finnish: Jemen (fi) French: Yémen (fr) m Galician: Iemen (gl) m Georgian: იემენი (ka) (iemeni) German: Jemen (de) n Greek: Υεμένη (el) f (Yeméni) Hausa: Yamàl f Hebrew: תֵּימָן (he) f (teimán) Hindi: यमन (hi) m (yaman) Hungarian: Jemen (hu) Icelandic: Jemen (is) n Indonesian: Yaman (id) Interlingua: Yemen Irish: Éimin f, Poblacht Éimin f Italian: Yemen (it) m Japanese: イエメン (ja) (Iemen) Kamba: Yemen Kazakh: Йемен (kk) (İemen) Khmer: យេមែន (yeimɛɛn) Korean: 예멘 (ko) (Yemen) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Yemen (ku) Kyrgyz: Йемен (Yemen) Lak: Яманий (Aˤmaniy) Lao: ເຢເມັນ (yē men), ເຢເມນ (yē mēn) Latin: Iemenia f Latvian: Jemena (lv) f Lithuanian: Jemenas (lt) m Macedonian: Је́мен (mk) m (Jémen) Malay: Yaman (ms) Maltese: Jemen, Jemen Manx: Yn Yeamen f Maori: Īemene Mongolian: Cyrillic: Йемен (mn) (Jemen) Navajo: Shádiʼááhjí Ásáí bikéyah Norman: Yemen m Norwegian: Bokmål: Jemen (no) n Nynorsk: Jemen (nn) n Occitan: Iemèn m Ottoman Turkish: یمن (Yemen) Pashto: يمن (ps) (yaman) Persian: Dari: یَمَن (yaman) Iranian Persian: یَمَن (yaman), هاماوَران (hâmâvarân) (Hamavaran) Polish: Jemen (pl) m inan Portuguese: Brazilian: Iêmen (pt) m European: Iémen (pt) m Rohingya: Yemán Romanian: Yemen (ro) n Russian: Йе́мен (ru) m (Jémɛn) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Је̏мен m Roman: Jȅmen (sh) m Sinhalese: යේමනය (yēmanaya) Slovak: Jemen (sk) m Slovene: Jémen (sl) m Spanish: Yemen (es) m Swahili: Yemen (sw) Swedish: Jemen (sv) n Tagalog: Yemen Tajik: Яман (Yaman) Tatar: Йәмән (Yämän) Thai: เยเมน (th) (yee-meen) Turkish: Yemen (tr) Turkmen: Ýemen Ukrainian: Є́мен (uk) m (Jémen) Urdu: یَمَن m (yaman) Uyghur: يەمەن (yemen) Uzbek: Yaman (uz) Vietnamese: Y-ê-men Yiddish: תּימן n (teymen), יעמען n (yemen) Yoruba: Yemeni

region

Middle Persian: ymn (Yaman)

References

1. Motschenbacher, Heiko (2020) “Greece, the Netherlands and (the) Ukraine: A Corpus-Based Study of Definite Article Use with Country Names”, in A Journal of Onomastics, volume 68, number 1, →DOI, pages 1–16

See also

• Sanaa
• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Anagrams

• enemy

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

Yemen

Wikipedia ^ast

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝemen/, [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽŋ]
• Rhymes: -emen
• Hyphenation: Ye‧men

Proper noun

Yemen m

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Yemen

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Crimean Tatar

Crimean Tatar Wikipedia has an article on:

Yemen

Wikipedia ^crh

Proper noun

Yemen

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Yemen

Wikipedia ^da

Proper noun

Yemen

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Related terms

• yemenit
• yemenitisk

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Yemen

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ.men/
• Rhymes: -ɛmen
• Hyphenation: Yè‧men

Proper noun

Yemen m

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

• yemenita

Manx

Proper noun

Yn Yemen f

1. Alternative form of Yeaman: Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Norwegian

Proper noun

Yemen n

1. Alternative spelling of Jemen: Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yemen m

1. Alternative form of Iémen: Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Yemen

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝemen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝemen/ [ˈɟ͡ʝe.mẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃemen/ [ˈʃe.mẽn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒemen/ [ˈʒe.mẽn]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -emen
• Syllabification: Ye‧men

Proper noun

Yemen m

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Usage notes

• The definite article is optional when referring to Yemen in Spanish (i.e. el Yemen).

Derived terms

• Yemen del Norte
• Yemen del Sur
• yemenita

 

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Yemen (“Yemen”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈjemen/ [ˈjɛː.mɛn̪]
• Rhymes: -emen
• Syllabification: Ye‧men

Proper noun

Yemen (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Yemen

1. Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Declension of Yemen

	singular	plural
nominative	Yemen	-
definite accusative	Yemen'i	-
dative	Yemen'e	-
locative	Yemen'de	-
ablative	Yemen'den	-
genitive	Yemen'in	-

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Yemen'im	Yemenlerim / Yemen'lerim
senin (your)	Yemen'in	Yemenlerin / Yemen'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Yemen'i	Yemenleri / Yemen'leri
bizim (our)	Yemen'imiz	Yemenlerimiz / Yemen'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Yemen'iniz	Yemenleriniz / Yemen'leriniz
onların (their)	Yemen'i / Yemenleri / Yemen'leri	Yemenleri / Yemen'leri

    possessive of Yemen

Derived terms

• Yemenli

See also

• (countries of Asia) Asya ülkesi; Afganistan, Azerbaycan, Bahreyn, Bangladeş, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri, Bruney, Butan, Çin, Doğu Timor, Endonezya, Ermenistan, Filistin, Filipinler, Güney Kore, Gürcistan, Hindistan, Irak, İran, İsrail, Japonya, Kamboçya, Katar, Kazakistan, Kıbrıs, Kuveyt, Kuzey Kore, Kırgızistan, Laos, Lübnan, Maldivler, Malezya, Mısır, Moğolistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Özbekistan, Pakistan, Rusya, Singapur, Sri Lanka, Suriye, Suudi Arabistan, Tacikistan, Tayland, Tayvan, Türkiye, Türkmenistan, Umman, Ürdün, Vietnam, Yemen