How to say "Jordan" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningJordan
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
الْأُرْدُنّ
al-urdunnאל-אורדן
الأردن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ירדן
yardenيَارْدِن
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew root
י-ר-דThe river name is Hebrew at its core: יַרְדֵּן (Yarden) 'the descender', from י-ר-ד 'to go down' — the river that runs downhill to the Dead Sea. Arabic al-Urdunn most likely inherited the name via Aramaic or Greek Iordanēs rather than from a native Arabic root: a borrowed toponym, not a parallel Arabic coinage.
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In a phrase
أَنَا مِنَ الْأُرْدُنّ
anā mina al-urdunnאנא מן אל-אורדןI am from Jordan