لبنان
Arabic
Etymology
Transferred from the name of the Mount Lebanon mountain range, in turn from Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”), also the etymon of لَبَن (laban, “milk”) and Hebrew לָבָן (lāḇān, “white”). Compare Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן (ləḇānôn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lub.naːn/
Proper noun
لُبْنَان • (lubnān) m or f
- Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
- لُبْنَانُ مَعْرُوفٌ بِجِبَالِهِ الْخَلَّابَةِ وَسَوَاحِلِهِ الْجَمِيلَةِ.
- lubnānu maʕrūfun bi-jibālihi l-ḵallābati wa-sawāḥilihi l-jamīlati.
- Lebanon is known for its stunning mountains and beautiful coastlines.
Usage notes
- Unlike the majority of country names, لُبْنَان (lubnān) is typically masculine.
Declension
| singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | لُبْنَان lubnān |
— |
| nominative | — | لُبْنَانُ lubnānu |
— |
| accusative | — | لُبْنَانَ lubnāna |
— |
| genitive | — | لُبْنَانَ lubnāna |
— |
Derived terms
- لُبْنَانِيّ (lubnāniyy)
References
Wehr, Hans (1979), “لبن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lib.ˈnaːn/, [lɪb.ˈnaːn]
Proper noun
لِبْنان • (libnān) f
- Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Related terms
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lub.naːn/
Proper noun
لبنان • (lubnān) m
- Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
North Levantine Arabic
Pronunciation
Proper noun
لبنان • (libnēn)
- Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān).
Proper noun
لبنان • (Lübnan)
- Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Derived terms
- جبل لبنان (cebel Lübnan, “Mount Lebanon”)
- لبنانیه (Lübnaniye, “Lebanese”)
Descendants
- Turkish: Lübnan
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “لبنان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1074
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “لبنان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 4147
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “لبنان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1624
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lʊb.nɑn/
Proper noun
لبنان • (lubnān)
- Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /lub.ˈnaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lʊb.nɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lob.nɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lub.nɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | lubnān |
| Dari reading? | lubnān |
| Iranian reading? | lobnân |
| Tajik reading? | lubnon |
Proper noun
لبنان • (lubnān / lobnân) (Tajik spelling Лубнон)
- Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Related terms
- لبنانی (lubnānī / lobnâni)
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
لبنان • (lubnān) f
- Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
Related terms
- لبناني (lubnāni, “Lebanese”)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لُبْنَان (lubnān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /lɪb.nɑːn/, /ləb.nɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Proper noun
لِبْنان • (libnān) m (Hindi spelling लेबनान)
- Lebanon (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
See also
- (Middle East) مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ (maśriq-i vustā); سَعُودی عَرَب (sa'ūdī 'arab), مِصْر (misr) عِراق ('irāq), اِیران (īrān), اُرْدُن (urdun), شام (śām), تُرْکِیَہ (turkiya), قِبْرِص (qibris) فِلِسْطِین (filistīn) اِسْرائِیل (isrāīl) لِبْنان (libnān) یَمَن (yaman) عُمان ('umān) مُتَّحِدَہ عَرَب اِمارات (muttahida 'arab imārāt) قَطَر (qatar) بَحْرِین (bahrīn) کُوَیت (kuvait) (Category: ur:Middle East)