Etymology

Yaman

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Arabic اَلْيَمَن ← Proto-Semitic *yamīn-
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The story

  1. Proto-Semitic · derived from*yamīn-“right; right hand”
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromاَلْيَمَن
  3. English todayYaman

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْيَمَن (al-yaman), from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- (“right; right hand”).

Words from the same roots

Arabicاَلْيَمَن all →

yemen

Proto-Semitic*yamīn- all →

yemen

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.