How to say "Yemen" in Arabic
CognateMeaningYemen
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
الْيَمَن
al-yamanאל-ימן
اليمن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תימן
teimanتِيمَان
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ي-م-نHebrew root
י-מ-ןYaman shares its root with Hebrew יָמִין 'right hand' — in the old Semitic compass you faced the sunrise, so south fell on your right. Yemen is literally 'the land on the right', the mirror image of shamāl 'north, left' (שְׂמֹאל). Hebrew's own name for the country, תֵּימָן, is a separate noun built on that same root.
Related Hebrew word:ימיןyaminيَامِين
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In a phrase
الْيَمَن بَلَد جَمِيل
al-yaman balad jamīlאל-ימן בלד ג'מילYemen is a beautiful country