اليابان

Arabic

Etymology

From Dutch Japan or Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Sinitic 日本 (Rìběn), e.g. Hokkien 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

الْيَابَان • (al-yābān) f

1. Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia)

   سِيَاحَةُ ٱلْيَابَانِ تَتَضَمَّنُ مَزِيجًا مُثِيرًا مِنَ ٱلثَّقَافَةِ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ وَٱلْحَدِيثَةِ.

   siyāḥatu l-yābāni tataḍammanu mazījan muṯīran mina ṯ-ṯaqāfati l-qadīmati wal-ḥadīṯati.

   Tourism in Japan includes an exciting blend of ancient and modern culture.

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

• يَابَانِيّ (yābāniyy)

References

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