Etymology

Yemeni

Ye·me·ni
Y4E1M3E1N1I1

Today it means: Of, from or relating to Yemen, or the Yemeni people. Full definition →

Urdu ـی (-ī) ← Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ. ← Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)influ.
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The story

  1. Arabicاَلْيَمَن (al-yaman)
  2. Ottoman Turkishیمن (yemen)
  3. EnglishYemen
  4. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  5. Hebrew־י (-i)
  6. Middle Persianyḥ (īh)
  7. Middle Persianig
  8. Persianـی (-ī)
  9. Proto-Indo-Iranian*i-
  10. Classical Persianـِی (-ī)influ.
  11. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)influ.
  12. Urduـی (-ī)
  13. English todayYemeni

From Yemen + -i.

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