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Where does “اَلْيَمَن” come from?

اَلْيَمَن (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic yamīn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- — right hand.

Ancestry of “اَلْيَمَن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticyamīn-right, right hand; a side, boundary or district;...
2Proto-Afroasiaticyamin-right hand

Words derived from “اَلْيَمَن”

  • Yemen
  • Yemeni
  • Yemenite
  • Yemeniness
  • यमन
  • یمن
  • Yeaman
  • য়েমেন
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- →