الأردن

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén). It's one of the Arabic country names, which requires the definite article ال (al-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.ʔur.dunn/
  • IPA(key): /al.ʔur.dun/ (colloquial)

Proper noun

الْأُرْدُنّ (al-ʾurdunn) m

  1. Jordan (country)
  2. Jordan (river)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), أردن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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