Yemen

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

English

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.

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)

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

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

Proper noun

Yemen

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

Danish

Proper noun

Yemen

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

Related terms

• yemenit
• yemenitisk

Italian

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

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):

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• 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:

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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	-

    possessive of Yemen

	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

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