| yaa {n} (Arabic letter)
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:: ياء {m} /yāʾ/, ي /y/ [letter]
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| yacht {n} (slick and light ship)
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:: يخت {m} /yaḵt/
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| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes
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| Yahoo! {prop} (a popular web portal)
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:: ياهو! {m} /yāhū!/, ياهو {m} /yāhū/
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| Yahweh {prop} (personal name of God)
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:: يهوه {m} /yahwah/
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| Yahweh {prop} (Jehovah) SEE: Jehovah
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| Yakutia {prop} (region in North Asia)
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:: ياكوتيا {f} /Yakūtiyā/
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| Yakutsk {prop} (city in Russia)
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:: ياكوتسك {m} /yakūtsk/
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| yakuza {n} (Japanese organized crime gang)
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:: ياكوزا /yakūzā/
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| yakuza {n} (member of a Japanese organized crime gang)
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:: ياكوزا /yakūzā/
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| y'all {pron} (plural of you)
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:: أنتم {m} /ʾantum/
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| Yalta {prop} (city in Crimea)
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:: يالطا {f} /yalṭā/
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| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato
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| yam {n} (any Dioscorea vine)
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:: يام {m} /yām/
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| yam {n} (taro) SEE: taro
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| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato
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| Yamagata {prop} (Yamagata, Japan)
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:: ياماغاتا {f} /yamaḡātā/
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| Yamaguchi {prop} (Yamaguchi, Japan)
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:: ياماغوتشي {m} /yamaḡūtšī/
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| Yamal {prop} (a large peninsula in the Russian North)
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:: يامال {m} /yamāl/
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| Yamanashi {prop} (Yamanashi, Japan)
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:: ياماناشي {m} /yāmānāšī/
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| Yamoussoukro {prop} (official/administrative capital of Ivory Coast)
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:: ياموسوكرو {m} /yamusukrū/
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| Yamuna {prop} (tributary of the Ganges)
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:: جمنة
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| yandere {n} (character who fits the archetype of being genuinely kind, loving, or gentle, but suddenly switching to being aggressive or deranged)
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:: ياندري {f} /yāndirī/
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| Yandex {prop} (Yandex (in other scripts, the trademark may also be written in Roman letters))
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:: ياندكس {m} /yāndiks/
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| Yang-chou {prop} (Yangzhou) SEE: Yangzhou
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| Yangon {prop} (largest city in Myanmar)
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:: يانغون {m} /yānḡūn/, يانجون {m} /yānjūn/
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| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze
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| Yangtze {prop} (river)
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:: يانغتسي {m} /yānḡtsī/, تشانغجيانغ {m} /tšānḡjyānḡ/
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| Yangzhou {prop} (a prefecture-level city in eastern China)
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:: يانغجو {m} /yanḡjū/, يانغتشو {m} /yanḡtšū/
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| Yankee {n} (native or inhabitant of the USA)
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:: يانكي {m} /yānkī/
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| Yantai {prop} (a city of China)
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:: يانتاي {m} /yantay/
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| Yanukovych {prop} (Ukrainian surname)
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:: يانكوفيتش /yanukūfitš/
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| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon)
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:: ياوندي /yawndī/
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| yard {n} (land around a house)
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:: حديقة {f} /ḥadīqa/
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| yard {n} (three feet)
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:: ياردة {f} /yārda/, يارد {m} /yārd/
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| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica
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| yarmulke {n} (skullcap worn by religious Jewish males)
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:: قبة {f} /qubba/, كبة {f} /kibba/
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| yarn {n} (fiber strand for knitting or weaving)
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:: خيط {m} /ḵayṭ/
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| Yaroslavl {prop} (city)
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:: ياروسلافل {m} /yaroslāfl/
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| yarrow {n} (any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea)
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:: قيصوم {m} /qayṣūm/
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| yashmak {n} (a veil worn by Muslim women)
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:: خمار {m} /ḵimār/, نقاب {m} /niqāb/
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| Ya-Sin {prop} (36th sura of the Qur'an)
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:: سورة يس
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| yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath)
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:: تثاءب /taṯāʾaba/
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| yawn {n} (the action of yawning)
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:: تثاؤب {m} /taṯāʾub/
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| Yazdegerd {prop} (given name)
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:: يزدجرد /yazdajird/
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| Yazidism {prop} (religion)
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:: الإيزيدية
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| year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun)
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:: عام /ʿām/ (plural: أعوام {p} /ʾaʿwām/), سنة {f} /sana/ (plural: سنوات {p} /sanawāt/)
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| year {n} (a level or grade at school or college)
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:: صف {m} /ṣaff/
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| yearly {adj} (happening once every year)
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:: سنوي /sanawiyy/
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| yearly {adv} (once a year)
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:: سنويا /sanawiyyan/
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| yearn {v} (to have a strong desire; to long)
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:: اشتاق /ištāqa/
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| yearning {n} (wistful or melancholy longing)
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:: شوق {m} /šawq/
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| yeasayer {n} (who habitually agrees uncritically)
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:: إمعة {c} /ʾimmaʿa/
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| yeast {n} (fungus)
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:: خميرة {f} /ḵamīra/
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| yeast {n} (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
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:: خميرة {f} /ḵamīra/
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| yeast {n} (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
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:: خميرة {f} /ḵamīra/
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| yech {interj} (yuck) SEE: yuck
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| Yehuda {prop} (male given name) SEE: Judah
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| Yekaterinburg {prop} (city in Russia)
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:: ييكاتيرينبرغ {m} /yikatirinbūrgh/
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| Yelena {prop} (Russian female name)
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:: يلينا {f} /Yelēnā/
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| yell {v} (shout (verb))
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:: صاح /ṣāḥa/
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| yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour)
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:: أصفر {m} /ʾaṣfar/, صفراء {f} /ṣafrāʾ/, صفر {p} /ṣufr/
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| yellow {adj} (lacking courage)
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:: جبان {m} /jabān/
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| yellow {n} (colour)
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:: أصفر /ʾaṣfar/
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| yellow {v} (to become yellow or more yellow)
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:: اصفر /iṣfarra/
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| yellow {v} (to cause to become yellow or more yellow)
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:: صفر /ṣaffara/
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| yellow bristle grass {n} (Pennisetum glaucum) SEE: pearl millet
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| yellow card {n} (card in sports)
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:: بطاقة صفراء {f} /biṭāqa(t) ṣafrāʾ/
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| yellow fever {n} (illness)
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:: حمى صفراء {f} /ḥammā ṣafrāʾ/
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| yellow jersey {n} (shirt worn by the leader in the Tour de France)
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:: قميص أصفر {m} /qamīṣ ʾaṣfar/
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| yellowness {n} (state or quality of being yellow)
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:: صفرة {f} /ṣufra/
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| yellow press {n} (newspapers which publish sensationalist articles)
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:: صحافة صفراء {f} /ṣiḥāfa ṣafrāʾ/
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| Yellow River {prop} (river of northern China)
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:: النهر الأصفر {m} /an-nahr al-ʾaṣfar/, خوانغخي {m} /ḵwānḡḵī/, هوانغهي /hwanḡ-hī/
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| Yellow Sea {prop} (Asian sea)
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:: البحر الأصفر {m} /al-baḥr al-ʾaṣfar/
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| yellow-vented bulbul {n} (Pycnonotus goiavier)
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:: بلبل التمر
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| Yeltsin {prop} (Russian surname)
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:: يلتسين /yiltsīn/, يلتسين /yeltsin/
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| Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen)
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:: اليمن {m} {f} /al-yaman/
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| Yemeni {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Yemen, or the Yemeni people)
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:: يمني /yamanī/
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| Yemeni {n} (a person from Yemen or of Yemeni descent)
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:: يمني {m} /yamaniyy/, يمنية {f} /yamaniyya/
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| yen {n} (unit of Japanese currency)
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:: ين {m} /yan/
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| Yenisei {prop} (river in Russia)
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:: ينسي {m} /yinisī/
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| Yen-t'ai {prop} (Yantai) SEE: Yantai
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| yep {n} (informal "yes")
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:: أيوة /ʾaywa/ [Eastern Arabic], إية /ʾiyya/ [Western Arabic], آ /ʾā/ [Egyptian Arabic]
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| Yerevan {prop} (the capital and largest city of Armenia)
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:: يريفان {f} /yirīfān/
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| yermulke {n} (yarmulke) SEE: yarmulke
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| yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance)
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:: نعم /naʿam/, أجل /ʾajal/, إي /ʾī/
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| yes {particle} (word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement)
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:: بلى /balā/
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| yes {particle}
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:: أجل /ʾajal/
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| yes {n} (answer that shows agreement or acceptance)
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:: نعم {f} /naʿam/, نعمان {f-d} /naʿamāni/, نعمات {f-p} /naʿamāt/
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| yes and no {phrase} (indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer)
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:: نعم ولا /naʿm walā/
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| yes man {n} (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior)
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:: إمعة /ʾimmaʿa/
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| yes-no {particle} (particle used to form yes-no questions)
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:: هل /hal/ [initial], أ /ʾa/ [initial]
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| yessir {interj} (used to express assent, especially to a superior)
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:: نعم سيدي /naʿam sayyidī/
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| yesterday {n} (day before today)
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:: أمس /ʾams/, أمس /ʾamsi/
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| yesterday {adv} (on the day before today)
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:: أمس /ʾams/, أمس /ʾamsi/
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| yesterday night {n} (last night) SEE: last night
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| yet {adv} (thus far)
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:: حتى الآن /ḥattā l-ʾān/
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| yet {adv} (even) SEE: even
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| yeti {n} (unidentified animal)
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:: يتي {m} /yatī/
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| yew {n} (Taxus baccata)
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:: زرنب {m} /zarnab/, طخش {m} /ṭaḵš/
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| Yiddish {prop} (language)
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:: يديشية {f} /yidīšiyya/, إيديش {m} /ʾīdīš/
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| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish
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| yield {v} (to give as required)
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:: أجزأ /ʾajzaʾa/, أجزى /ʾajzā/, أدر /ʾadarra/, أغل /ʾaḡalla/, أكسب /ʾaksaba/, أمن /ʾammana/, حقق /ḥaqqaqa/, در /darra/, رجع ب /rajaʿa bi-/, سحب /saḥaba/, عاد ( عليه ) ب
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| yield {n} (quantity of something produced)
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:: إفادة /ʾifāda/, إفادة من /ʾifādatun min/, إنتاج /ʾintāj/, إيراد /ʾīrād/, استفادة /istifāda/, جداء /jadāʾ/, جدوى /jadwā/, جنى /janan/, حاصل /ḥāṣil/, حصد /ḥaṣad/, حصيدة /ḥaṣīda/, حصيلة /ḥaṣīla/, حمل /ḥaml/, خرج /ḵarj/, خير /ḵayr/, دخل /daḵl/, ربح /ribḥ/, ريع /rayʿ/, صلاح /ṣalāḥ/, صلوح /ṣulūḥ/, طائل /ṭāʾil/, عائد /ʿāʾid/, عائدة /ʿāʾida/, غلة /ḡalla/, فائدة /fāʾida/, كسب /kasb/, متحصل /mutaḥaṣṣil/, محصلة /muḥaṣṣala/, محصول /maḥṣūl/, مدخول /madḵūl/, مستغل /mustaḡall/, مصلحة /maṣlaḥa/, مغل /muḡall/, منتج /muntaj/, منتجات /muntajāt/, منتوج /mantūj/, منفعة /manfaʿa/, ناتج /nātij/, نتاج /nitāj/, نتيجة /natīja/, نفع /nafʿ/
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| Yin-ch'uan {prop} (Yinchuan) SEE: Yinchuan
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| Yinchuan {prop} (a city of China)
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:: ينتشوان {m} /yinchwān/, إينتشوان {m} /ʾinchwān/
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| yin-yang {n} (yin and yang)
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:: يين ويانغ /yīn wa-yanḡ/
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| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina
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| Yitzchak {prop} (given name) SEE: Isaac
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| Yün-nan {prop} (Yunnan) SEE: Yunnan
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| Yoda {prop} (A wise old Jedi Master in the Star Wars films)
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:: يودا
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| yodel {n} (song)
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:: يودلية
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| yoga {n} (Hindu discipline)
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:: يوغا {f} /yūḡā/, يوجا {f} /yūjā/, يوجا {f} /yūgā/
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| yoghurt cheese {n} (labneh) SEE: labneh
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| yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)
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:: لبن {m} /laban/, لبن زبادي {m} /laban zabādiyy/, لبن رائب {m} /laban rāʾib/, روب {m} /rawb/, روبة {f} /rawba/, [obsolete] ماست {m} /māst/
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| yoke {n} (wooden bar)
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:: نير {m} /nīr/ [most standard], مضمدة {f} /miḍmada/, مضمد {m} /miḍmad/ [West Yemen, and from there Al-Andalus, Morocco, Algeria], ويج {m} /wayj/ [now in all of Oman], أرعوة {f} /ʾurʿuwwa/ [now extinct in this form but used in spots in North Yemen as رعوة {f} /riʿwa/, رعوة {f} /raʿwa/ – compare the Ge'ez]; Saidi Arabic: كرب {m} /kaṛab/
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| yoke {n} (pair of animals)
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:: فدان {m} /faddān/
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| yoke {n} (a burden; something which represses or restrains a person)
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:: نير {m} /nīr/
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| Yokohama {prop} (a city of Japan)
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:: يوكوهاما {f} /yūkūhāmā/, يوكوهاما {f} /yokohamā/
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| yolk {n} (yellow of egg)
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:: صفار البيض /ṣafār al-bayḍ/, أصفر البيض {m} /ʾaṣfar al-bayḍ/, مح {m} /muḥḥ/
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| Yom Kippur {prop} (Day of Atonement)
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:: يوم الكفارة /yawm al-kaffāra/, يوم الغفران /yawm al-ḡufrān/, يوم كيفور /yawm kīfūr/
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| yonder {adv} (in a distant, indicated place)
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:: هناك /hunāk/, هنالك /hunālik/
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| York {prop} (city in North Yorkshire)
|
:: يورك
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| Yorkshire {prop} (former large county)
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:: يوركشاير {m} /yurkšayr/
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| Yoshkar-Ola {prop} (capital of Mari El, Russia)
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:: يوشكار-أولا {f} /yuškār-ʾulā/
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| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed)
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:: كم {m-p} /-kum/, كن {f-p} /-kunna/, كما {c-d} /-kumā/, إياكم {m-p} /ʾiyyākum/, إياكن {f-p} /ʾiyyākunna/, إياكما {c-d} /ʾiyyākumā/
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| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed)
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:: ك {m} /-ka/, ك {f} /-ki/, إياك {m} /ʾiyyāka/, إياك {f} /ʾiyyāki/
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| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed)
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:: [dual] أنتما {c-d} /ʾantumā/, [plural] أنتم {m-p} /ʾantum/, أنتن {f-p} /ʾantunna/, حضرتكم /ḥaḍratkum/ [formal]
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| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed)
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:: أنت {m} /ʾanta/, أنت {f} /ʾanti/, حضرتك {m} /ḥaḍratak/ [formal], حضرتك {f} /ḥaḍratik/ [formal]
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| you {pron} (one)
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:: من /man/, المرء {m} /al-marʾ/
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| you {determiner}
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:: انت (’ínta) {m}, أنت {f} /ʾinti/
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| you and whose army {phrase} (you can't do all that on your own)
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:: أنت والذي الجيش؟ /ʾanta wāllaḏī l-jayš?/ [to masc sg], أنت والتي الجيش؟ /ʾanti wāllatī l-jayš?/ [to fem sg]
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| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome
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| you can't judge a book by its cover {proverb} (it is not possible to judge things by external appearances alone)
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:: لا يمكنك الحكم على كتاب من غلافه /lā yumkinuk al-ḥukmu ʿalā kitābi miin ḡilāfihi/
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| you have beautiful eyes {phrase} (you have beautiful eyes)
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:: لديك عينين جميلتين /ladayki ʿaynayn jamīlatayn/
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| you know {interj} (expression signifying a pause or hesitation)
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:: يعني /yaʿnī/
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| you-know-who {pron} (known and unmentioned person)
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:: تعرف من /taʿrifu man/ [said to m sg], تعرفين من /taʿrifīna man/ [said to f sg], تعرفان من /taʿrifāni man/ [said to c du], تعرفون من /taʿrifūna man/ [said to m pl], تعرفن من /taʿrifna man/ [said to f pl]
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| young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth)
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:: صغير {m} /ṣaḡīr/, حدث {m} /ḥadaṯ/, شاب {m} /šābb/, صغير السن /ṣaḡīr as-sinn/
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| younger brother {n} (multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations)
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:: أخ الأصغر {m} /ʾaḵ al-ʾaṣḡar/, أخ الصغير {m} /ʾaḵ aṣ-ṣaḡīr/
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| young man {n} (youth) SEE: youth
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| your {determiner} (belonging to you (singular; one owner))
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:: ك /-k/ [-ak, -uk(a), etc: pronunciation differs according to case and level of language formality]
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| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners))
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:: كم {m} /-kum/ [most common], كن {f} /-kunna/ [only used in very formal Arabic], كما {d} /-kumā/ [only used in very formal Arabic]
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| you're right {phrase} (you're right)
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:: أنت على حق /ʾanta ʿalā ḥaqq/, أنت على حق /ʾanti ʿalā ḥaqq/ [to a man / to a woman]
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| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks)
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:: عفوا /ʿafwan/, العفو /al-ʿafw/, لا شكر على واجب /lā šukra ʿalā wājib/ (no [need to] thank for [doing] a duty), لا شكر على وظيفة /lā šukra ʿalā waẓīfatin/, على الرحب والسعة /ʿalā r-ruḥbi wa-s-saʿa/
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| Your Highness {pron} (a title of respect used to address a prince or princess)
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:: سموك /sumuwwuka/ [to masc sg], سموك /sumuwwuki/ [to fem sg]
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| Your Honour {pron} (title used to address a judge or magistrate)
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:: فخامتك {m} /faḵāmatuka/, فخامتك {f} /faḵāmatuki/
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| Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect)
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:: جلالتك /jalālatuka/ [to masc sg], جلالتك /jalālatuki/ [to fem sg]
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| your mother is a whore {phrase} (you are a person of poor character)
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:: مادر جنده
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| yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, singular)
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:: لك {m} /laka/, لك {f} /laki/ [belonging to one person]
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| yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, plural)
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:: لكما {m} {f} /lakumā/ [belonging to two persons], لكم {m} /lakum/, لكن {f} /lakun/ [belonging to many persons]
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| yourself {pron} ((reflexive) your own self)
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:: نفسك {m} /nafsuka/, نفسك {f} /nafsuki/
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| yourself {pron}
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:: نفسك /nafsuk/
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| yourselves {pron} (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned))
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:: أنفسكم /ʾanfusukum/
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| yours faithfully {adj} (a polite formula to end letters)
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:: تفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام
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| yours sincerely {adj} (a polite formula to end letters)
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:: المخلص /al-muḵliṣ/
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| youth {n} (quality or state of being young)
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:: شباب {m} /šabāb/
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| youth {n} (part of life following childhood)
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:: شباب {m} /šabāb/, صبا {m} /ṣibā/
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| youth {n} (young person)
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:: شاب {m} /šāb/
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| youth {n} (young man)
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:: شاب {m} /šābb/
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| youth {n} (young persons, collectively)
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:: شباب {m-p} /šabāb/
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| youth hostel {n} (an inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people)
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:: بيت الشباب {m} /bayt aš-šabāb/, نزل الشباب {m} /nuzul aš-šabāb/
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| YouTube {prop} (a video-sharing website)
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:: يوتيوب {m} /yūtyūb/
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| yowzah {adv} (yessir) SEE: yessir
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| yo-yo {n} (toy)
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:: يويو {m} /yūyū/
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| ytterbium {n} (chemical element)
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:: يتربيوم {m} /yitribyum/
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| yttrium {n} (chemical element)
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:: يتريوم {m} /yitriyum/
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| yuan {n} (basic unit of money in China)
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:: يوان {m} /yuwān/
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| Yuan Tan {prop} (Chinese New Year) SEE: Chinese New Year
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| Yucatán {prop} (a state in Mexico)
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:: ولاية يوكاتان /wilāya(t) yūkātān/
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| yuck {interj} (uttered to indicate disgust)
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:: يع /yaʿ/
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| Yugoslav {adj} (Yugoslavian) SEE: Yugoslavian
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| Yugoslav {n} (Yugoslavian) SEE: Yugoslavian
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| Yugoslavia {prop} (former country in the Balkans)
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:: يوغسلافيا {f} /yūḡoslāviyā/, يوجوسلافيا {f} /yūgoslāviyā/
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| Yugoslavian {adj} (of or relating to Yugoslavia)
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:: يوجوسلافي /yūgoslāviyy/
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| Yugoslavian {n} (a native of Yugoslavia)
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:: يوجوسلافي {m} /yūgoslāviyy/, يوجوسلافية {f} /yūgoslāviyya/
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| yukata {n} (a light kimono)
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:: يوكاتا {f} /yukātā/
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| Yukon {prop} (territory in northern Canada which has Whitehorse as its capital)
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:: يوكون {m} /yūkūn/
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| Yukon Territory {prop} (Yukon) SEE: Yukon
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| yummy {adj} (delicious)
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:: لذيذ /laḏīḏ/
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| Yunnan {prop} (a province in China)
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:: يونان {m} /yunān/, يوننان {m} /yunnān/
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| yup {interj} ((informal) yes)
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:: نعم /naʿam/, إي /ʾī/
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| yurt {n} (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof)
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:: يورت {m} /yūrt/
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| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk {prop} (city in Russia)
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:: يوجنو-ساخالينسك {m} /yūjnu-saḵalīnsk/
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