اليونان

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”), through Persian یونان (yunân). It’s one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article اَل (al-).

• IPA^(key): /al.juː.naːn/

اَلْيُونَان • (al-yūnān) f

1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

• يُونَانِيّ (yūnāniyy)
• إِغْرِيقِيّ (ʔiḡrīqiyy, “Classical/Ancient Greek”)

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

Learned borrowing from Arabic الْيُونَان (al-yūnān), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía, “Ionia”).

• IPA^(key): /al.juː.naːn/, /al.joː.naːn/

اليونان • (al-yūnān) f

1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

From Arabic اَلْيُونَان (al-yūnān).

• IPA^(key): /il.juː.naːn/, [ɪl.juːˈnaːn]

اليونان • (il-yūnān) f

1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

• يوناني (yūnāni, “Greek”)