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yemen

/ˈjɛmən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
yemen
IPA
/ˈjɛmən/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.

name

A region in the southern Arabian Peninsula; the Arabia Felix.

name

A province of the Ottoman Empire: the Yemen eyalet, later Yemen vilayet.

noun

plural of yeman

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: اَلْيَمَن, ي م ن, *yamīn-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈjɛmən/
  • British English: /ˈjɛmən/

Inflected Forms

Yemens (plural) Yaman (alternative)

Derived Forms

Yemeniness Yemeni Yemenic Yemenite Yemenization Yemenize

Phrases

North Yemen People's Democratic Republic of Yemen South Yemen Yemen Arab Republic Countries of the world

Frequently Paired Words

Sanaa Countries of the world

Rhymes With

lemon bremen rehman lemmon semon clemen gehman ehmann ehman rehmann stemen kleman

Questions

How do you pronounce yemen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɛmən/.
What does yemen mean?
A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
Where does yemen come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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