الأردن
Arabic
Etymology
From جُـنْـد الْأُرْدُنّ, "the Military district of Jordan", likely coined from Classical Syriac or Hebrew. Natively related to the root و ر د (w-r-d) meaning "to descend", "to go or come down", "to come upon or come across something", "to come down to water", "an area descending to or a pathway leading to water", "a watering place"; for more see Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.ʔur.dunn/
- IPA(key): /al.ʔur.dun/ (colloquial)
Proper noun
الْأُرْدُنّ • (al-ʾurdunn) m
- Jordan (country)
- Jordan (river)
Usage notes
It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال (al-).
Declension
Declension of noun الْأُرْدُنّ (al-ʾurdunn)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | الْأُرْدُنّ al-ʾurdunn | — |
| Nominative | — | الْأُرْدُنُّ al-ʾurdunnu | — |
| Accusative | — | الْأُرْدُنَّ al-ʾurdunna | — |
| Genitive | — | الْأُرْدُنِّ al-ʾurdunni | — |
Derived terms
- أُرْدُنِّيّ (ʾurdunniyy)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “أردن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
South Levantine Arabic
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علم الأردن
Etymology
From Arabic الْأُرْدُنّ (al-ʾurdunn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʔur.dun/, [(ɪ)lˈʔʊr.dʊn]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)
Proper noun
الأردن • (il-ʔurdun) m
- Jordan (a country in Asia)
- the Jordan River
- نهر الأردن ― nahr il-ʔurdon ― River Jordan
Audio (Ramallah) (file)
Related terms
- أردني (ʔurduni, “Jordanian”)